My employer does not pay salary on time, what do I do? — Netizen

A netizen who struggled with their employer paying them up to four or five days later than the contractual salary date took to social media asking others for advice.

In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the netizen wrote that they were currently working for a local Small and Medium Enterprise (SME). In their post on Sunday (Jul 3), they added that based on their contract, their payday is supposed to be on the last day of the month.

“However since my time with the company, they occasionally delay the salary (happened a few times) and can be given only on the 1st, 2nd or even up to 4th without any valid reason”, the netizen wrote.

They added that the late salary payment could be understood and accepted if there was a public holiday the day after the month’s last day. However, the netizen wrote that on the days they were paid late, there was no such public holiday or weekend.

“In June, 30th falls on a Thursday. And till date I’m still waiting for my salary”, they added, having written their post on July 3. The netizen said that because the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) guidelines stipulated that they should be paid within seven days, they were not able to do anything.

“This affects me as I’m not privileged… Even a day late has detrimental consequences..Some of my colleagues also very stressed over this delay in salary”, the netizen wrote. They added that when they check with their company, the blame was on the bank’s processing time.

“But i don’t understand this as i’ve for many other companies previously and never once had a delay in salary and intead, it’s always punctual/slightly earlier. Why can’t they submit earlier then so that our salary would be given on time? Why are some employers so inconsiderate? The culture is so toxic, should I leave the company?”, the netizen wrote. /TISG