Unpaid premiums due to timescales

I receive a small premium for every hour I work and should have had this for nearly two years. However I have never checked my payslips and never realised that It was not being paid until last month. I have brought this to my payroll departments attention.

The answer I have been given is that it was an admin error and they will pay 10 months as a goodwill gesture as it is apparently my responisbility to check my payslips.

Can they do this? - Do I have a legal right to challenge the pay I was owed even though I didnt check my payslip?

Billy

You should indeed check your payslips but if it is in your contract they should pay you. Read your contract carefully and get back to them if necessary.