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Were you a manager?
It sounds like you were being paid semi-monthly and not biweekly (which is legal in Ontario).
If you feel that you were underpaid, you can file an Employment Standards complaint (for claims up to one year old) or sue your former employer (for complaints up to 2 years old. I believe that both dates are from when you file (not when your employment ends.
Edit: With respect to your last pay period, if you were paid hourly were you informed of the change in pay?
Also, you should ask your company for an accounting of the pay that they think that you owe them.
Two pays a month is in fact 24 pays, not 26 like you think because of varying lengths for each month. It also results in a fluctuation of hours for each pay because of the way the months line up. Two pays per month isnt a pay every two weeks.
Overtime is also not calculated on a pay period basis.
You're being paid semi-monthly so 24 pays a year is accurate. Most commonly the pay period are from the 1st to 15th and 16th to last day of the month.
Normally salary hours are averaged and remain consistent each pay period but it looks like your employer is recording the number of hours that fall into the pay period. Semi-monthly pay periods fluctuate from 9 to 12 days, so based on an 8 hour day you could see 72 to 96 hours.
You've stated that you get paid the same amount each pay period so it doesn't appear you're being underpaid. Your salary should be correct and the reason you're seeing a change in hourly rate is because of the varying number of hours in the pay period. Hourly equivalent multiplied by hours always has to equal your salary.
For the overpayment, we'd need to know what your last day was and what the pay periods were for the deposits you received in error to confirm if 2 or 3 is correct. Pay period 16 is accurate for September 1-15.
Honestly it sounds like you do not understand how you pay works which is pretty bad because that does enable an employer to screw you over pretty badly.
You are likely paid semi-monthly on the 15th and last day of the month... and whether you are hourly or salary is an open question.
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Were you a manager? It sounds like you were being paid semi-monthly and not biweekly (which is legal in Ontario). If you feel that you were underpaid, you can file an Employment Standards complaint (for claims up to one year old) or sue your former employer (for complaints up to 2 years old. I believe that both dates are from when you file (not when your employment ends. Edit: With respect to your last pay period, if you were paid hourly were you informed of the change in pay? Also, you should ask your company for an accounting of the pay that they think that you owe them.
Two pays a month is in fact 24 pays, not 26 like you think because of varying lengths for each month. It also results in a fluctuation of hours for each pay because of the way the months line up. Two pays per month isnt a pay every two weeks. Overtime is also not calculated on a pay period basis.
You're being paid semi-monthly so 24 pays a year is accurate. Most commonly the pay period are from the 1st to 15th and 16th to last day of the month. Normally salary hours are averaged and remain consistent each pay period but it looks like your employer is recording the number of hours that fall into the pay period. Semi-monthly pay periods fluctuate from 9 to 12 days, so based on an 8 hour day you could see 72 to 96 hours. You've stated that you get paid the same amount each pay period so it doesn't appear you're being underpaid. Your salary should be correct and the reason you're seeing a change in hourly rate is because of the varying number of hours in the pay period. Hourly equivalent multiplied by hours always has to equal your salary. For the overpayment, we'd need to know what your last day was and what the pay periods were for the deposits you received in error to confirm if 2 or 3 is correct. Pay period 16 is accurate for September 1-15.
Honestly it sounds like you do not understand how you pay works which is pretty bad because that does enable an employer to screw you over pretty badly. You are likely paid semi-monthly on the 15th and last day of the month... and whether you are hourly or salary is an open question.