Changes to the way the Students’ Union (SU) processes its wages have led to chaos amongst student members of staff.
Students were informed that their wages for this month were due to be paid on the 6th November. While some members received their payments on time and in full, many did not.
“I checked my account on Friday and nothing was there. My rent was due and I had to borrow money off my friends to cover it,” said one staff member who wished to remain anonymous.
After staff members complained to the sabbatical officers, payments were finally processed manually. However many of the staff received well below the amount they were due.
A statement released by the SU to student staff on November 12th read “Last month, we changed the wage processing ahead of our move to outsource our payroll. Although there were no issues with payroll last month, there appear to have been a number of student staff affected by an error made in processing this month.”
Contrary to the statement, some staff have informed the Beaver that their were indeed mistakes made last month also.
Another student staff member who cannot be named due to Media Group protocol said: “I’m still owed money from work I carried out over summer school.”
LSESU General Secretary Aled Fisher said: “Some staff in the commercial team were incorrectly paid, and paid late (all of our staff in the Gym, Help Desk, and Advice and Counselling Centre were not affected). We apologise profusely for this oversight and have now sorted the issue. Action has been taken within the commercial management team to ensure this will never happen again.”
“Our casual staff are the best paid in London Students’ Unions and we are extremely proud of the hard work they do. This is why we have set up the first ever Casual Staff Forum in the Students’ Union to ensure that their views and issues are fed into every aspect of our operations”.
The statement from the SU echoed Fisher’s sentiment, and added: “We sincerely apologise for this error which led to a number of staff being paid incorrectly and we are working to rectify errors with individual members of staff.”
“The Commercial Management Team will be able to tell you the breakdown of the hours that have now been processed for you and if your payment is not in your bank account by Friday Noon, please escalate this to us immediately.”
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