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Accepted onto a TA position but no staff account or pay has been arranged for me


As the title says I was accepted onto a TA role at a UK university. I completed and passed all right to work checks and so far I've taught for the past 3 weeks at the max my PhD contract allows (5 hours/wk) so thats 5 hours a week at a wage of 15 p.h which means that I've worked (so far) for free and am owed £225.

I've asked the university 3 times now if there is a way for me to claim these hours and they said an unforeseen error has prevented the creation of my staff account.

It sounds dumb but here, the staff accounts allow you to access the class teaching materials, claim hours worked and contact HR if something is going on. Currently I can't do any of this and I have more and more unpaid hours racking up.

I'm tempted to suspend my TA activities until they pay me because I'm really running low on cash...
gpt
Yes, don’t do any more work until your account is set up. Email HR, cc your supervisor and state your situation.
Edited to add. Once you get through to HR, tell them you are relying on this money and they might be able to make an emergency payment, rather than waiting for the next pay cycle (which could mean being paid at end November, depending on your local HR processes).