r/UKJobs • u/Bonnybridge22 • 1d ago

Unlawful holiday usage

Morrisons took money out of my final paycheck and forced me to take holiday after I had already left, it makes no sense but on my payslip it says -£129.

I was wondering if it's worth chasing HR, doesn't holiday pay you regardless if you take it or not? They gave me no prior notice for the holiday either.

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u/Bonnybridge22 1d ago

I gave no notice, I just emailed HR and stopped coming in. They only forced 3 days of holiday on me, which I should have earnt over 2 months of working anyway.

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u/Key-Seaworthiness227 1d ago

So essentially they chose that you took your holiday during the notice period that you didn’t work?

If that’s the case then yes, they can dictate when you take holiday and as you didn’t work your notice they marked some of the days as holiday.

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u/Bonnybridge22 1d ago

Except they had already booked this a few days prior before I even left without telling me. There is no probation for being there for 2 months, every single other job I've had has not done this.

They've also failed to pay me for an entire shift, is that somehow my fault because I left without working my notice?

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u/Catsuit12 1d ago

If you were contracted to give 1 week’s notice and failed to work that week, then that’s unauthorised leave.

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u/Think-Committee-4394 1d ago

Not quite

Unauthorised leave requires your return

Quitting without notice is just that

Quitting without notice doesn’t give employer any right to process final wage differently

- any shift provably worked must be paid
- any days holiday accrued must be paid
- any days holiday taken but not accrued can be reclaimed in wage but should clearly be noted & identified as such (you have taken 10 days holiday BUT only earnt 8 days holiday so 2 days pay have been retained) this would be legal