On lower wages than I should have been for 5 years...

They wouldn't repay the full amount over 12 years...

I'm just wondering of you have a cause under the law of Fraud.
This needs competent legal advice, but it seems on first reading that the company may have defrauded you of money that was rightfully yours.

This is an important issue to purse.

A Rights Commissioner will normally only take cases within 6 months, or in special cases 12 month.
The Statute of Limitations is six years, but your loss arises 12 years ago.
As far as I know Fraud has no statue of limitations, or it runs from the date its discovered.

Talk to a solicitor.


ONQ.

5 years, not 12.

Thanks for the reply.

Apologies, I must have misread.

In that case you're within the Statute of Limitations.

Other legal avenues may be open to you, but I'd still look at fraud.

Here is my usual cold contribution. You claim you were underpaid for years. Yet, you received a playslip every pay day. Surely, you would have noticed the amount you were being paid. Then you discover that you are being underpaid for years and now want arrears paid.

I dont know if you are under contract. I dont know whether you are in private or public sector.

But, in the past few months I hear from a reliable source that some HSE employees who were acting in higher grade posts for years and years were upgraded, but only from a current date. Perhaps this was something involving the Croke Park Agreement. Apparently, there was a vote of workers and the union recommended acceptance and was accepted.

If I were in your shoes I would accept a decent offer even six month arrears. You can fight the company and perhaps even win, but in the long term you could lose.