Hi guys! Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you - I see I've started something on here but it's good to clear these facts up so we all know what our rights are! Thanks for all your help and advice - it's really appreciated! Anyway I'll fill you in - I contacted the accountants who deal with our payroll and they are sending me out copies of my wageslips. I just told them what my worries were and they said they had noticed the inconsistensies and were discussing what to do. They also said there was a lot of disrepancies with other parts of the accounts (ie debits that shouldn't have been made) so I think I may have opened a can of worms for my boss! They said to bring it up with my boss one last time and then call them back to let them know what he says. If he pans me off again they will 'take action'. But apparantly they called the office on Friday (when I wasn't in) wanting to speak to me about something important and that they'll call back first thing on Monday. He seemed very suprised they wanted to speak to me. I'll let you know what they say! Josie8 - is this true??? Also some good news - I have a job interview on the 17th CROSS EVERYTHING!!! Again - thanks for all your help and advice! x

Wow it's amazing how people can actually do this! I thought it was just his inexperience but maybe he's not as stupid as he'd like everyone to think! I was going to call the company and explain the situation to see if they would maybe mention it to him as the debits from the accounts wouldn't match the payslips (the company do our payroll and accounts). They've just merged with another company and there's a new person in charge of our stuff and she seems to phone quite a lot with regards to out accounts (notably now can my boss pay for his home sky bill through the company amongst many other questionable purchases!) I don't know whether it would get him into a lot of trouble but she would be the only person I can think of who would know of this and it wouldn't get back to me. I'll maybe try to phone on monday and see what happens. Thanks for all the advice - I'll have a look at ACAS and see what I can do! I'll let you know what happens!

Thanks for replying! You've kindof told me everything I've already known lol! It's a bit hard cause I'm a video editor and it's really hard to find a full time job and freelance is a scary place so I guess that's why I've stayed so long! I've been looking for a new job but just wanted to see if there was anything I could do about the differring amounts on my wageslip etc. Think I should maybe chalk this one up as 'One to learn from' and forget about it! Fingers crossed for a new 'normal' job!!!

Hi there, I've been working for a small company for 2 1/2 years now. I am the first permanent employee that was hired and its clear now that my boss has no experience in dealing with anything to do with staff issues. I started in an oral contractual agreement (not sure if that is the correct term but it was an oral agreement anyway) and years later I still haven't been given a written contract to sign despite asking numerous times. I was also told I would get a wagerise by x date (again numerous times - numerous different dates) and am still on my starting salary at the moment. Anyway get to the point!!! My boss keeps trying to pan me off from a wagerise by telling me that I'll only get taxed more (he's doing me a favor by keeping me on my starting salary - cheers!!!). Since the budget changes in May tax has decreased and my wage has increased (only a little but a little goes a long way!). However, my boss has continued to pay me the same amount that I was being paid before. Our wages are done by an external company who send my boss our wageslips etc and he pays me (initially by cheque) by direct banking from the company's account. It is a carryon trying to get a wageslip from him and sometimes I have to rake the office and 'steal' it. I have asked him about the differences to what he transfers and what is on my wageslip and he brushes it off saying things like 'oh yeah the wageslip says something different every month' and then has to rush off somewhere and he'll speak to me about it later. It is normally following one of these conversations that I find I can't get my wageslip! I'm not really sure what to do as we don't have a heirarchy or system in place like a bigger company so the person I would have to speak to is him and I don't really want to report him as he will obviously know that it was me. Is there any way to resolve this? I'd really appreciate any ideas! Thanks!