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Following on from our payslip blog posted earlier this year, I have come across an interesting article on the independent.ie website dated 16/09/09, which shows the consequences of an employer not providing payslips to their employees. In this case the employer “ was fined €750 plus costs, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to produce payslips as requested by Pensions Ombudsman Paul Kenny’’

The issue came to light when the employee requested his payslips, after realising that the deductions made to his wages for his pension “had not being remitted to the Construction Workers Pension Scheme” When the employer failed to produce the payslips as requested by the ombudsman, he was summonsed to the court hearing.

Under the Payment of Wages Act 1991, it’s a compulsory requirement that a payslip detailing the gross amount of pay and nature and amount of any deductions is issued to every employee with every payment. In the case of credit transfers, the payslip should be issued as soon as possible after the transfer takes place.