I have worked for a security firm for just under a year earning an average of £230 a week but when I took ten days’ holiday recently I was paid the equivalent of £146 a week. How can I get this sorted out?
You’re right that you should be paid for your holidays at the same rate as when you’re working. You need to check your contract to make sure that you’re not taking into account non-contractual (ie voluntary) overtime when working out your average pay, and that you were taking leave that you were owed. I suggest you ask your employer for written details of how he worked out your holiday pay and then take advice to confirm that your own calculations are correct. You can apply to an employment tribunal over an illegal deduction from wages.