5 week pay months... help!

hrm34

My partner is paid monthly on the 15th of every month and we are aware that monthly pay is subject to 4 '5 week pays' per year - he is paid an hourly rate and not a salary.

What I'm trying to find out is in which months those '5 week' pays will occur as I'm desperately trying to plan out our finances ( to make matters confusing I get paid weekly!)

We know that the last '5 week' pay was 15th Feb and the last two march and april have both been '4 week'. We are desperately hoping that this month is a 5 week month as it has been 2 months without, Can anyone help please?

look forward to hearing from you

HX

matttye

What happens if the 15th falls on a weekend, does he get paid on the Friday before or the next working day?

If the latter, then he won't get paid until the 17th June making it very nearly a five week payday.

hrm34

Hiya Matty, if it falls on the weekend he gets paid the friday before.

Are we saying that may is four weeks but June maybe 5?

matttye

hrm34 wrote: »

Hiya Matty, if it falls on the weekend he gets paid the friday before.

Are we saying that may is four weeks but June maybe 5?

May 15 to June 14 (a Friday) = 4 weeks 2 days so that's fine. I just didn't know if he'd get paid earlier or later.

amersall

Do what I used to, get a calendar and mark each pay day then count the weeks and days from last pay date to the next x

hrm34

ok im not sure where that gets me... Anyone with any ideas what may is please?

hrm34

Thanks Amersall. I've tried that I just can't seem to fathom it as I've tried correlating it with previous months wages and it makes no sense!!

matttye

hrm34 wrote: »

Thanks Amersall. I've tried that I just can't seem to fathom it as I've tried correlating it with previous months wages and it makes no sense!!

Did you consider whether he worked any overtime in certain months? Do you come up with a higher or lower figure than what he actually got?

amersall

All you need to know are the months going forward, as you are paid monthly on the same date this should be easy, from the 15th of one month to the 15th of the next, this will be x weeks exact or x weeks and extra couple of days or so.

amersall

If the pay date falls on a weekend he will get it the Friday before always, any month that it falls on a week day then this will be x weeks and x days from the last pay date.

Tiglath

Can he ask his payroll department? Might be the easiest option if his pay is hourly-based rather than a set monthly amount. If he's worked there for a while, you might be able to go back over his payslips for the past year to try and figure it out.