Started on 1st working day of the month, but not paid fully?

big_mortgage

I started a new job on Mon 3rd Nov, so the 1st working day of the month. However, my pay has been reduced by 2 days since:

"Your annual salary has been divided by 365 days to arrive at a daily rate. As you started on November 3rd, 2 days have been deducted from your monthly salary"

I don't think this is fair at all. I have worked the full working month. I work Mon - Fri.

Can I have your comments please.

THanks

Andy_L

You started work on the 3rd, they paid you from the 3rd. Perfectly fair.

big_mortgage

but I have worked all the required working days in that month, and been paid less :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

lal1234

Your pay is spread out over non-working days too. If your contract states you start on 3rd then they start paying you from the 3rd.

McKneff

I dont think its fair that the annual salary should be divided by 365.
Surely it should be divided by the number of working days,
well, that my opinion anyway

Got2change

Sounds bonkers to me.
Unless you are actually going to work all 365 days of the year, they should certainly not use this as a method of calculation.
Did they not quote an annual salary, weekly wage, hourly rate? If the job is a Mon-Fri 8 hours/day and you started on mon 3/11, they should absolutely have paid you as though that was day one.
Given that we are are not yet t the end of the month, have you also been given a prediction of what you will be paid? If they are deducting 2 days (1 & 2/11), then they should be paying you for the other 28 (to 30/11) x daily rate at the end of the month if that's payday.

Fluffi

I think it partly depends on whether its necessary to work weekends/bank holidays to meet deadlines in your job, without overtime pay. In which case I think dividing by 365 seems fair because you've only been employed since the 3rd, so it does not make sense for you to get the same money as someone else in the company who may have worked on the 1st and/or 2nd November despite those days being "non-working days".

I wouldn't be happy if a new starter on the 3rd got the same salary payment as me if I'd been with the company since the previous month!

lal1234

There may also be ocassions when dividing annual pay by 365 works in your favour - e.g. if you ever need to take a couple of days off unpaid?

big_mortgage

Got2change wrote: »

Sounds bonkers to me.
Unless you are actually going to work all 365 days of the year, they should certainly not use this as a method of calculation.
Did they not quote an annual salary, weekly wage, hourly rate? If the job is a Mon-Fri 8 hours/day and you started on mon 3/11, they should absolutely have paid you as though that was day one.
Given that we are are not yet t the end of the month, have you also been given a prediction of what you will be paid? If they are deducting 2 days (1 & 2/11), then they should be paying you for the other 28 (to 30/11) x daily rate at the end of the month if that's payday.

Yes annual salary quoted, paid monthly. Mon- Fri 8 hrs a day. and I will be working all of next week of course to earn it! So I wil have worked all the required days.

Thanks for your comments so far (all of you)

To say I am livid, is an understatement.

big_mortgage

Fluffi wrote: »

I think it partly depends on whether its necessary to work weekends/bank holidays to meet deadlines in your job, without overtime pay. In which case I think dividing by 365 seems fair because you've only been employed since the 3rd, so it does not make sense for you to get the same money as someone else in the company who may have worked on the 1st and/or 2nd November despite those days being "non-working days".

I wouldn't be happy if a new starter on the 3rd got the same salary payment as me if I'd been with the company since the previous month!

Nope not required to work bank holidays or weekends. I would get overtime if I do.

tuggy12

I've never heard of such a crazy system.
So if they arrive at a daily rate by dividing your annual salary by 365, does this mean you will only get paid for 28 days in Feb, 30 days in Sept and 31 days in July etc.