<prompt> Human: So a job that I finished with recently because I discovered that they dropped my hourly wage from 7.35ph to 6.57ph claims that they didnt have to inform me because I was never meant to be paid that much anyway. Some background, I started work at this company at the age of 20 where the minimum wage is lower than at the age of 21so the contract that I signed was agreeing to the wage of 6.57ish dont know the exact amount and thats what I was getting paid until my 21st birthday. On that day my wage went up to 7.35, and thats what I was paid from July until October in October the national minimum wage went from 6.35 to 6.50 the 1st my wage dropped without warning, I didnt notice this drop until the end of November. I immediately handed in my weeks notice. I was asked why I was leaving and I said because my wage was dropped without any notice or anything, their reply was you should never have been getting that much, if head office find out theyre just gonna want back what you werent meant to be paid. I replied ok but the point is that I wasnt told before the wage was dropped. Then I was told not to say anything because they will want the money back. Im thinking maybe they dont want me to say anything because what they did was illegal? Also I was owed 17 days holiday that were not included in my last paycheck, where do I stand with this?Im in the UK incase the law differs between countries.  <response>: Call the labor board and ask. Im not sure about the legality. 