Since the year started they have been taken money from my check. Is there any way I can stop them from doing so? I talked to my sup and they keep giving me the run around. Anybody else I can call ? Thanks for any help.
Yup I did but I bit myself for doing so, I know it's better to give but they are taking too much out.
Like I said earlier my sups have been giving me the run around about it. Now I'm asking how can I stop it. Thanks everyone for help I might just write a letter to payroll.
Go to your payroll administrator and tell him/her you would like to stop your contribution. They cannot take charitable withholdings out of your check involuntarily. They will probably give you a hard time about it, but if you want it stopped they have to stop taking it out.
Since the year started they have been taken money from my check. Is there any way I can stop them from doing so? I talked to my sup and they keep giving me the run around. Anybody else I can call ? Thanks for any help.
Are you in the NorthEast? I ask because many, many people in our center WHO DID NOT fill out a pledge card, all of a sudden were having $5/week taken out of pay for UW. A quick talk with Payroll Administrator will fix it.
Also (and I may be wrong) your pledge card is just that - a pledge, not a legally binding contract. Situations change - if you need to stop making charitable donations, you can stop at any time. yOU WILL GET A HASSLE, BUT IT IS YOUR DONATION.
The OP signed a pledge card which is, in effect, a contract between the employee and employer ...
Your ignorance of contract law is showing. The OP's pledge is not a contract. In order for a contract to be binding both parties must receive something of tangible value in the exchange. The OP did not.
I'm in the East Texas area, thanks everyone with the help given I will get to the bottom of it. Who would be my payroll admin?
... If that's not a contract than I don't know what the hell a contract is...
I beg to differ. The pledge card asks the donor to designate how much they want to pledge, whether it is going to be a lump sum or a weekly withdrawal, whether they want to designate it for a particular agency, and then the donor must sign the pledge card thereby giving the employer the authority to execute the provisions of the pledge card. If that's not a contract than I don't know what the hell a contract is. The employer receives the pledged amount from the donor and forwards it to the United Way for their use. The employee receives the satisfaction of knowing that his donation will be used to help those less fortunate and, if he so desires, can write off the pledged amount from his income taxes.
I also stated that if the amount being taken out is not what the OP had pledged than he does have the right to seek relief; however, it is almost April--why in the hell did he wait until now to question this deduction?
Gandy is correct. It is not a contract. That is why they call it a pledge.
Signing a pledge card gives someone the recourse to prove that it was authorized. Other than that, it is not binding to either party - you can't get back money already donated, but you can modify / cancel it at any time.
EDITED - Bubblehead, we were obviously typing at the same time - you hit "enter" first!