Ok you are obviously missing the point for whatever issue you feel that you have with me. Well thank you for your messages anyway, of course you are right my employers are completely blameless in all of this! NOT.

Thanks for the reply steampowered, the court just ordered my employers to pay me all of the payrises back to 2009. I actually thought that I was to be taxed etc. as related to each year, I didn't realise that it would all be classed as this years salary and no I have not had any interest whatsoever. Emmzzi, I do not think you are grasping what I am saying, I am not shirking my pension or tax responsibilities, I am pointing out that if the payrises had been awarded when they were due, I would have had some extra cash in my pay packet at that time, this way however I will owe most of the lump sum to ctc because it has all been piled onto this year salary. If they are counting it as part of this years salary for tax and ni purposes then why aren't they counting it as this years salary for pension purposes? Likewise if they are taking pension for previous years then they should tax and ni it as previous years salary and i would not lose my ctc. They just want it both ways. Of course I would not rather have never had the lump sum because it means that my salary is considerably more now, even if I barely have a penny left from the lump sum. Anyway thanks for the messages, I have a CAB appointment this afternoon, they helped me to take this to court so they will know what if anything I can do.

I didn't claim ctc in the previous years that this payment mostly covers, so it would not have been affected. It wasn't an accounting error either, it was won in court.

No I think it is based on the salary when we leave or retire, but not entirely sure. Can they base this payment on two completely different tax periods though, seems unfair if they can do, because why not class it as pay for that period then if they are taking the pension contributions for then, a time when I didn't have benefits to be affected, the way that have done it they get the extra input into their pension and I lose all my ctc for a year that the payment mostly doesn't even apply to. Just saying that to me it should either all be classed to the relevant years or all apply to this year, pension contributions and all. Have just read online that the threat they made to me about it is wrong, so have no confidence that they are right. Will ask CAB tomorrow. Thanks anyway.

Hello, after a massive battle, I have successfully fought and won a backdated payrise which should have been awarded to me 6 years ago. (long story) Anyway the amount has just been paid in one lump sum which they are taking tax and national insurance from as if it was all this years pay, which is fair enough if that is how it works. The problem that I have is that they are taking back payments of pension contributions for the new higher salary, for all of the previous years and it amounts to a fair sum. I am arguing that they cannot treat my backpay as if it is this years salary for tax purposes but then treat it as previous years salary, for pension purposes, can they? I will not benefit for paying the higher pension contributions for the previous years as it was then a final salary scheme, but last year this changed to a scheme where all contributions from that point went into a pot for the future so if the pension contributions went in as this years then it would actually benefit me, plus contributions are at a slightly lower rate now. It would seem that I am being stung both ways, my salary will now look a lot higher this year meaning that I will owe back a lot of ctc, whereas if it was treated as previous years salary for the years it was actually meant to be for, then I didn't claim ctc so it wouldn't have affected anything. I suppose my question is, can they do this? Can they tax it as this years salary and then take pension contributions as if it was previous years salary? I am mad as hell with them, they have had this money for 6 years and earned interest on it when it would have really benefited my family to have had this extra pay when it was due but they withheld it and now they seem to want it all ways, in fairness my judgement might be a bit clouded. Cheers.

Thanks neword, well I didn't receive either hb or ctb whilst working, but the tax credits are also income based so maybe I will have to pay some back to them, but hopefully it shouldn't affect my current benefits then, do you think? That would be good to hear. Cheers to everyone for taking the time to reply.

Thanks Mr P

Thanks Lapsed, I hope this is the case.

Hi, I receive job seekers, child tax credit, council tax and housing benefit.

Hi, long story short, I am currently on benefits and have been since April of this year. My previous employer has now agreed after a long battle, that I was underpaid for the last few years and is paying me the difference between the pay that I actually received and the wage rise that I should have received, for those previous years. However I am concerned that they will give it as a wage payment, as if it is earnings for this year, when none of it would be applicable to this tax year since I have not received any wages in this tax year only benefits. So does anybody know if my current benefits might be stopped or affected because of the backpay? Thanks for any advice.

Hi, can anyone tell me please, if another incident of discrimination takes place after the ET1 is submitted, do I need to add that to my claim or will it be taken into account? If I have to add it, do I just let the court know or do I have to put another claim altogether in and does the 3 months time limit from the incident still count if adding it to existing claim? thanks

Thanks nicolee, amazingly the original solicitor rang me and tells me that he is reviewing the case after he told me that he was dropping it! I am contacting the insurance to say that I no longer think he should be working on the case, he refutes the conflict of interest, but it is clearly there on the internet for all to see, so have sent the insurance company the link. Will keep this updated. Thanks again for all the advice given so far.

Well this gets interesting, I have just found out that my insurance appointed solicitors law firm, is under some kind of contract with the council that I am taking to a tribunal. I am not sure what this will mean now, but I am speaking to the new solicitor first thing on Tuesday morning to find out. I am wondering if this is why he has dropped the case without doing anything.

Thanks again for the advice, book has been ordered! I will of course update you as and when, if the new solicitor gives me the go ahead then I will be seeking as much advice as I can possibly get. This forum is a goldmine and the people on it are fabulous, it makes me feel like community spirit isn't dead after all.

Thanks so much for your help and advice, it is very much appreciated. My parents are now funding a solicitor to asses my case properly as I don't know if the other solicitor did or not, and they will give me some help with getting it all together. Amazingly the solicitor that ditched me a few days ago has now re-contacted me to ask for a telephone consultation with a review as to what the next step is! Its all very strange, but the new solicitor that I have, just on a fixed price assessment and then so many hours to help me prepare my case, (as we can't stretch to full support) seems fab and so I think I will stick with this one. I will still be doing a lot of the work myself, I am not at all phased about standing up for myself in front of the respondents and their ensemble, I am not easily intimidated! Its just getting it all right before I get there that I find confusing. Thanks again for your help and advice.