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Rabdos

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I went on a job and they gave me uniform and trained me for few minutes then I worked as normal for the rest of the shift. However, I decided this is not for me so I quited. Now they don't pay me for that day, is this legal? They argue that they spend money on uniform (I returned it) and that I was training on that day (which is not true, because I just did the job for the rest of the shift). I was never told that first day would be training and it would be unpaid. Any advice?
 
The cheek of them, assuming you had a contract of employment you could check the terms and see if it mentions non-payment for the first shift (but I doubt it will).
 
noblehead said:
assuming you had a contract of employment you could check the terms
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It will probably state in the contract of employment, what the period of notice to quit is. It could be two days or five days in retail etc.

I suggest the OP goes to the business's union rep, and put a complaint in about non payment of wages after quitting on day one of employment.
 
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