per annum, pro rata question

milk

I've just been lucky enough to get a secondment for 6 months at work on a better wage.

I have a question though the I will be working 35 hours per week and the wage is advertised as per annum, pro rata. With this in mind do I just half the salary figure to work out how much I will earn over the 6 months?

THanks in advance to anyone who will answer this I have no doubt silly question:D

jayII

Assuming that 35 hours per week is full time in that job, then yes, you just halve it to get the gross salary.

milk

Thank You I presume it is full time but even if not I think 37 is normally classed as full time isn't it?

LittleVoice

milk wrote: »

Thank You I presume it is full time but even if not I think 37 is normally classed as full time isn't it?

Full-time could be 35 hours or 37 hours - it's whatever the employer expects of a full-time employee.

The reason for checking that 35 hours is full-time is that if it weren't you would need to pro rata using hours as well as taking half the annual pay for a six-month secondment.

KiKi

milk wrote: »

Thank You I presume it is full time but even if not I think 37 is normally classed as full time isn't it?

Depends on the organisation. 35, 37.5 and 40 are 'normal' (7, 7.5 and 8 hour days respectively, five days a week).

jayII

'Full-time' can vary a lot, but is usually between 35 and 40 hours. I think it's fairly likely that 35 hours means full-time in that job.

milk

Thanks for the replies I shall ask the question if it is classed as full time. Really looking forward to the job shame its only for 6 months then back to minimum wage part time job but hey 6 months on a good wage and the plan is to save some of the money.

jayII

milk wrote: »

Thanks for the replies I shall ask the question if it is classed as full time. Really looking forward to the job shame its only for 6 months then back to minimum wage part time job but hey 6 months on a good wage and the plan is to save some of the money.

Don't forget to check that you pay the correct tax and NI over the year.

Also check if you're due a tax rebate when April comes around. Worth a phone call to HMRC in April and checking one of the many online UK tax/NI calculators, as HMRC do get it wrong sometimes.

I mention it as a part time job on min wage may mean you don't usually earn enough to pay tax, but your secondment may push you over the threshold.

LittleVoice

jayII wrote: »

Don't forget to check that you pay the correct tax and NI over the year. Tax is calculated on annual earnings: NI is paid as it is earned, there is no "over the year" calculation to think about.

Also check if you're due a tax rebate when April comes around. The OP will be on secondment, therefore presumably being paid through the same payroll. They therefore should be paying the correct amount by the end of the year in any case. Worth a phone call to HMRC in April and checking one of the many online UK tax/NI calculators, as HMRC do get it wrong sometimes. It would be the employer applying the tax code they have for the OP. No need therefore to contact HMRC as far as I can see. As long as the code was correct to start with it is just the case of ensuring the employer applied the code correctly and that the P60 makes sense when issued.

I mention it as a part time job on min wage may mean you don't usually earn enough to pay tax, but your secondment may push you over the threshold. And payroll will deal with it.

I think you may be over-complicating things.