is that even allowed?

remember, a few weeks ago, my boss said he will give me a pay rise? and then a possible other pay rise (into a salary)?

well, the 2nd pay rise didn’t happen. he kept saying he will do this and that in 2 weeks, but none of that happened and things cropped up too (his grandmother passed away, and then i was sick). however, when i got sick, i wanted to clear my holiday pay to ease up my finances abit.

let me explain this a little: when i first got into the company, there was no such thing as casual rates. perhaps, it was so that they can’t pay us penalty rates over weekends since they might be a little cheap arse, although i have no clue if it was compulsory that penalty rates are compulsory for casual rates. we were all part timers.

when our new boss took over, he tried to introduce higher, but casual rates - no mention of a penalty either. this also meant our holiday pay was cleared. it seemed, though, everyone voted out of it since at that point in time, there were many girls who worked more than enough hours to justify keeping the holiday pay. i am not quite sure how it’s calculated either, but let’s just say for my 20 hours a week, i get 1.1 hour of holiday pay.

this pay can be withdrawn in cash if we don’t use it - which is mostly what happens.

but… ever since he mentioned the pay rise, i’ve hardly checked my pay slips. i am that dumb and trusting because you know, my boss seems like a great guy.

but because i have been sick, and might be financially tight, i thought of clearing my holiday pay to ease it up. except, when i open my payslip, it reads: “rates: casual” and my holiday pay line was gone. GONE!?!? when waifie asked him where’s my holiday pay… he said i don’t get it as a casual.

furthermore, i am sure i had some holiday pay leftover from the few weeks before i got a pay rise - it seemed they were all erased.

there was no questions asked, no contract - nothing. is that even allowed!??!

i am kind of disappointed, the 2 lazy chinese bitches get paid slightly less than me (30 cents?) and still get paid holiday pay, and are going to withdraw all that for a christmas present to themselves. where else i, who slogged it out, am going to have to slog more for my own christmas present?