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

beverleyhills

Also remember to give your resignation date as the last day of the month and not the last working day.

Madjock

big_mortgage wrote: »

Well I couldn't, its an office and not open at the weekend!

Thing is, I have not been paid correctly. I think it should be: Salary/12, not: salary /12, less 2 days. I will have worked the full 20 working days of November.

But it doesn't work this way. This is the way salaried jobs are worked out. Either forget about it and move on, or look for a job that pays an hourly rate. Salary doesn't vary from month to month depending on the no of days in the month as it's easier to divide the annual salary into 12 equal instalments.

ceridwen

Madjock

I'm not following your post. You seem to be saying "they CAN do this" - but then go on to say salaried jobs have the pay split equally between the 12 months of the year (regardless of the length of month).



Salaried jobs do indeed split the pay equally between the 12 months of the year - eg. £12,000 pa would translate into exactly £1,000 per month (even in February for instance).

I was thinking about this yesterday and I've swopped to and fro between jobs over my worklife - usually salaried ones - and never had this problem. Don't know whether this means the first day of the month has always fallen on a weekday by coincidence each time - or whether (back in my naive youth) it did happen and I just naively thought I was getting a payrise in month 2.

I still think its worth looking up the ACAS website to see if they can actually do this.

I think this may well be common practice - even if it is - it doesnt make it right for firms to take advantage of this. I guess employees need to ask when they take on a job where the 1st will be a weekend if they can start on the 30th/31st of the previous month if possible to avoid this.

For right now - it may well be that the only practical redress may be to ensure that at least the firm doesnt receive any "free" work - and take that 2 days "sick leave" after the first year has been completed.

jumpycheese1

You are a paid a salary, not an hourly wage so they can do this. As you were only on their books for 93% of the month, you should get 93% of a month's salary.

rlc_2

pinkshoes wrote: »

Snuggles is correct, as you weren't part of the company on the 1st and 2nd, therefore only get paid from the 3rd onwards. It's just the way it's worked out in most companies.

How much money are we talking about here??? £100? By all means kick up a fuss if you feel you're right, but for the sake of £100, I'm not sure it's worth getting the reputation of being awkward.

Very sensible - It's best to write this one off to experience. It is unfair though.

Andy_L

Suppose you'd started on Monday the 10th, would you expect to be paid for:
10-30th (Monday onwards) or
8-30th (previous Saturday onwards).

Madjock

ok maybe i worded my response a bit poorly at the start. If you are in a job that pays a salary, you don't get paid an hourly rate for your week's/month's work. you get paid an annual salary which is split into 12 equal instalments. If you're not employed by the company on the 1st of the month, you won't get paid for that day. If you don't want to be paid like this, you need to go for a job which pays an hourly rate.

big_mortgage

Velja wrote: »

I understand that it is upsetting that you would be paid a little less this month but believe me this is a STANDARD HR practice of working out people's pay! Everywhere, whether it is civil service or private concerns.
Honestly!

Thanks mad jock, I am going to pursue it. Everywhere I have worked it has always been worked out on 240 or whatever working days there are, and I have worked in a lot of places! I know it is not as simple as divide by 12 but even so...

SandC

I really wouldn't pursue this. It is only 2 days of pay, it is just unfortunate. You will be rocking the boat the minute you set foot in the place.

Caroline73_2

Surely it will just work in your favour when you leave? State your leaving date as the Sunday rather than the Friday.