Shift Allowance vs Overtime

liney

Lil306 wrote: »

I knew what the wage was, just not the actual rates of pay etc. The basic wage in the postion is about £17500 per year, plus shift allowance.

I was called from my agency contact, the job was something around £8.50 an hour, they wanted to pay me the shift allowance on top of that as part of my hourly rate so my actual rate is £9.60 and the agency confirmed this.

I'm paid weekly, (it was requested by client) however the agency keeps messing up with my pay so I'm having to wait lol

You need to call the agency and ask what they will be paying you. You are not employed by the client, you are employed by the agency, so whatever arrangment they have will stand.

If you do get an enhanced rate it will probably be 1 + 1/2 (for example) of the day rate, ie 8.50ph not the £9.60ph as companies generally do not pay shift allowence as well as premium rate.

Lil306

SarEl wrote: »

Absolutely true. Of course, since (a) you are an agency worker and not an employee and (b) they do not have to take you on at all and (c) if they do take you on you will have no employment protection for another 12 montsh after that - it's also entirely voluntary on their part if they want to employ you or not

Yeah, is a bit risky me refusing them doing work as wong as they are willing to pay me for the hours I work however I don't mind in the slightest about working them. It would only stop me working if they refused to pay me. I'm in quite a strong position with the role because they need the staff and they can't afford to train another person up. So they're on tenter hooks with me if they get on my bad side

liney wrote: »

You need to call the agency and ask what they will be paying you. You are not employed by the client, you are employed by the agency, so whatever arrangment they have will stand.

If you do get an enhanced rate it will probably be 1 + 1/2 (for example) of the day rate, ie 8.50ph not the £9.60ph as companies generally do not pay shift allowence as well as premium rate.

I've got my first payslip today and got the rates in front of me

Shift Allowance - doesn't mention it
Overtime - Looks to be 1.5x
Basic pay - Definately £9.60 per hr

I'll find out tomorrow, because I've still got a lot more hours to be paid for.