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If an employee mistakenly provides incorrect bank details to their employer, with the result that the employer sends their monthly salary to the wrong bank account, must the employer pay the employee immediately (to the correct bank account), or can they wait until they have recouped the money back from the bank?

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Published on: 17 April 2025
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There is a duty to pay wages whenever an employee is ready, willing and able to work (Petrie v McFisheries.

The case of Oyesanya v Mid-Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust concerned the rather different situation where the claimant’s contract provided for payment of salary by bank transfer, but he preferred to be paid by cheque. He was not paid for the simple reason that he had never given the Trust his bank details. The Court of Appeal held that, in

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