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Request to an employer for payslips, P45, P60 or written statement (Northern Ireland)
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For an employee in Northern Ireland whose employer, or former employer, has not given them their papers: one letter asking for any of missing pay statements (Article 40 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996), a P60 for a tax year, the P45 after leaving, and the written statement of employment particulars due within two months of starting (Article 33). Fill in only the lines you need; the others drop out. It gives 14 days and names the next steps: an industrial tribunal reference, and telling HMRC. Sent first class and by email.
- Made for use in Northern Ireland
- Last updated October 29, 2026
- Document in English
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When to use this document
- You have worked in Northern Ireland for months and still have not had a single payslip.
- You left your job and your old employer will not send the tax form you get when you leave.
- You need your end-of-year tax certificate for a mortgage or benefits and your employer has not given it.
- You never got your written terms of employment and want to ask for them.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employee
- Employee's address
- Town or city
- Employee's postcode
- Date
- Employer
- Employer's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
- Job title
- Pay periods with no payslip (only if you ask for payslips)
- Tax year of the P60 you need (e.g. 2025 to 2026), only if you ask for one
- Date your employment ended (only if you ask for your P45)
- Date your employment began (only if you ask for the written statement)
- Anything else you want to add (optional)
Common questions
- What can I do in Northern Ireland if an employer will not give me my P45 or P60?
- Ask in writing first, as this letter does. If nothing comes, contact HM Revenue and Customs, which runs PAYE across the UK: your free HMRC online account shows the pay and tax your employer has reported, and HMRC can follow up an employer that does not issue the forms. For a new job, a starter checklist given to your new employer avoids an emergency tax code. A P60 is due by 31 May for the tax year that ended on 5 April.
- Who in Northern Ireland has a right to a payslip, and what if none is given?
- Every employee is entitled to an itemised pay statement at or before each payment of wages, showing gross pay, each deduction and net pay (Article 40 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996). Great Britain extended the right to all workers in 2019; Northern Ireland has not. If statements are missing, an industrial tribunal can say what they should have shown and order the repayment of deductions that were not shown, on a reference made during the employment or within three months after it ends.
- Must an employer in Northern Ireland give a reference, and can I ask for one here?
- In general an employer does not have to give a reference, except where a regulator's rules require one, and many give only the dates and the job title. A reference that is given must be true, accurate and fair. You can add a request for a reference in the free line at the end of this letter if you wish; the letter's own demands rest on the pay statement, P45, P60 and written-statement rules.
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