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Boss on holiday, closes business and no pay

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  • 21-10-2014 5:50pm
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    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    I was just looking for the answer for a problem I have.

    My boss has gone away for 2 weeks on holidays, it's a rather small business but nonetheless it's still a job.

    Theres a couple of employees, we all work part time.

    Since he is gone away, he closed the business for 2 weeks and left us all without pay for the next 2 weeks.

    I was just wondering if this is illegal, is there anything I can do about it? It's two weeks wages and now I'm left with nothing for the next two weeks.

    Thanks.


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    _Brian
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    I suppose it depends on lots of things... how many hours are actually contracted to work?? Has the boss just put everyone to zero hours and so no pay.


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    Penny Tration
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    Take it from your annual leave so you still get paid?


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    xavier8228
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    I worked in a hotel years ago and It used to close for a month in January. We all had to go on the dole for a month and get means tested every time. Only got 170 a week but it was better than nothing.


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    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    _Brian wrote: »
    I suppose it depends on lots of things... how many hours are actually contracted to work?? Has the boss just put everyone to zero hours and so no pay.

    I have never seen nor signed a contract, I am on the books and contracted to work 6 hours, ( well by contracted I mean on the roster I'm down for 6 hours 1 day a week for the winter).


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,968 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    SweetCaliber wrote: »
    I was just wondering if this is illegal, is there anything I can do about it? It's two weeks wages and now I'm left with nothing for the next two weeks.

    No, it's not illegal for a company to have a forced closure period. They are allowed to chose when you take your holidays.

    It's likely that your boss has handled this badly, possibly illegally. He should have given you a month's notice that you would be required to take annual leave while he was away, and paid you for that leave - out of the 8% of pay that you should be getting to cover annual leave.


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    davo10
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    No, it's not illegal for a company to have a forced closure period. They are allowed to chose when you take your holidays.

    It's likely that your boss has handled this badly, possibly illegally. He should have given you a month's notice that you would be required to take annual leave while he was away, and paid you for that leave - out of the 8% of pay that you should be getting to cover annual leave.

    OP, have you used up annual leave accrued so far this year? It will be 8% of the hours worked.


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