"Jon up in Tohoku" <jgjonjg@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bea8jn$3lt$1@nn-tk105.ocn.ad.jp>...
> > >>Hello,
> > >>Its been a while since I posted here, hope you are all doing fine.
> > >>I have a quick question that is bugging me.
> > >>My employer doesnt give us wage slips because they say they want to
> > >>cut down on costs.
> > >>Is this legal?
> > >>I wanted to ask anyone here first before I request he send me a wage
> > >>slip every month, just in case he is legally allowed to do this.
> > >>I hope you can help.
> > >>Many thanks
> > >>Elbow
> > >
> > >Are we ever going to get an update on what became of this?
> >
> > I missed the post the first time round, but I thought I'd add that
> > Matsushita stopped wage slips about a year ago for a good proportion
> > of the staff, but we instead get electronic forms with all the same
> > details listed out.
> >
> > We still get paper bonus and end-of-year summary sheets, however.
> >
> > Ken
> 
> 
> Yeah, paperless systems are not uncommon, for large companies it can be a
> half decent cost cutting initiative, not to mention save a lot of work for
> accountants. However, the savings are negligible for a small school. And
> this dude was talking about getting nothing at all from his employer.
> 
> And I concur with Mr. Cash, what is up here? I would also like to know if
> anything came of all this.

Update, 
Im now recieving wage slips. They just started sending me them no questions asked.
Paranoid me was. Me ok now.
Thanks to all who contributed.