What kind of psychopath withholds wages, especially during this current climate.
>The University and College Union (UCU) says more than 100 staff members at Queen Mary were left panicking about how to pay rent and bills this month after the university deducted full pay for 21 days in their July pay cheques, because they refused to mark students’ work in June. The union says many staff opened payslips with nothing in them, although they still carried out the “vast majority” of their duties including teaching and research. The university is threatening 100% deductions for partial work again in August.
Sounds to me if they’re going to deduct 100% of the pay, then the staff should do 0% of the work. 90% of the staff could get very well paid jobs in private industry, the university needs them more than they need the university.
Staff: we’re not going to work
University: well then we’re not going to pay you
Staff: _Shocked Pikachu Face_
This is just illegal isn’t it?
They’ve worked some hours and not been paid, so that’s a breach of the minimum wage regulations.
The quality of work done is irrelevant, they weren’t sacked so they have to pay them.
A full strike should be on the books then.
A GoFundMe page set up to support the staff who have lost their wages has raised over £60,000 so far.
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What kind of psychopath withholds wages, especially during this current climate.
>The University and College Union (UCU) says more than 100 staff members at Queen Mary were left panicking about how to pay rent and bills this month after the university deducted full pay for 21 days in their July pay cheques, because they refused to mark students’ work in June. The union says many staff opened payslips with nothing in them, although they still carried out the “vast majority” of their duties including teaching and research. The university is threatening 100% deductions for partial work again in August.
Sounds to me if they’re going to deduct 100% of the pay, then the staff should do 0% of the work. 90% of the staff could get very well paid jobs in private industry, the university needs them more than they need the university.
Staff: we’re not going to work
University: well then we’re not going to pay you
Staff: _Shocked Pikachu Face_
This is just illegal isn’t it?
They’ve worked some hours and not been paid, so that’s a breach of the minimum wage regulations.
The quality of work done is irrelevant, they weren’t sacked so they have to pay them.
A full strike should be on the books then.
A GoFundMe page set up to support the staff who have lost their wages has raised over £60,000 so far.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ucu-queen-mary-uol-hardship-fund
That’s not super illegal?!
Another misleading headline, 108 staff out of 5400 got the deduction. If they failed to do their job why should they get paid.