Paid below the National Minimum Wage!

[goneaway]

This just goes to show how low Royal Mail has sunk as an employer. I joined a decade ago and the money was reasonably good for the job at that time. Fast forward to today and I received a letter from Royal Mail Group Payroll, saying following a recent assessment, "we identified that a small number of weekly paid employees were paid under the National Minimum Wage in some pay periods between April 2025 and March 2026". It goes on to say a repayment of nearly £1200 is due.

This is despite working some overtime most weeks (maybe that contributed, as it is paid at a lower rate than the normal horly rate) and receiving an enhanced payment - RRIS (Recruitment and Retention and Inflation Supplement) which is paid in areas where recruitment is difficult. It's not even as if I am "Post-2022", who we know are paid at a lower hourly rate.

Has anyone else received such a letter? Have Royal Mail broken the law by allowing this, or are they absolved because they will be paying the underpayment back at the end of this month? Is any interest due? Any other recourse?

No wonder the majority of us were denied the opportunity to buy additional annual leave this year!

Oh, and there's not a word of apology in the letter, not even a hint of one!

[A2B]

I've seen mention of repayments on the Robin app.

Struggling to think how this company can get any worse but got a feeling they will show us

[Hitcher]

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[Perseus]

It's got to be something to do with pension payments etc coming off before tax surely?