Receiving your salary too little or too late? Here's what you need to do!
Step 1: Find out if you are actually entitled to more pay: check your pay stub and bank statements.
Step 2: Check when you can receive this pay from your employer at the latest. This is often stated in your employment contract or collective bargaining agreement. If nothing has been agreed, then your wages should usually be paid no later than the following month.
Step 3: Call or email your employer and ask what the situation is.
Step 4: If you receive an unclear answer or disagree with it, send a formal letter or e-mail to your employer. In it you ask to pay the salary within 7 days and point out your right to legal interest and increase. A lawyer can also help you with this.
Step 5: If you still don't have your wages after 7 days, you and your lawyer or legal counsel can go to the subdistrict court or interim injunction judge The judge can order your employer to pay the wages, as well as the legal interest and increase. The legal increase is the most interesting, which can increase your wage claim by up to 50%.
This blog was written by Mr. Stijn Blom, employment lawyer at Arbeidsadvocaat.nl B.V. Stijn has extensive experience in employment law and assists entrepreneurs daily with a wide range of employment-related matters. From dismissal cases to drafting watertight contracts and policies – with his practical and personal approach, he helps employers and employees move forward. Want to know more?Visit Stijn's page.
Arbeidsadvocaat.nl is happy to think with you if you have a wage claim. Please feel free to contact us.
June 2024
