'Week in hand' still exist?

malcumms7898

I had a few agency jobs a couple of years back and this seemed to be standard practice. Not sure if it was "week in hand" or "payment in arrears" but I guess in most circumstances there won't be a whole lot of difference between the two. You won't get paid at the end of your first week, and you will get a payment a week after you finish working.

But yeah, I think it is fairly common still, particularly with temporary agency jobs.

AP007

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Thanks all, I've not mentioned timesheets (have an administrator that handles this for me)

I started work on Tuesday, received email saying I would be paid Monday of the following (this) week which hasn't happened - all I was interested to find out really that I wasn't being lead a merry dance really, having been given pay straight away in other short time temp roles that's all

Seems many people work week in hand especially here in Ipswich under recruitment agents so little less bothered, thanks again x

starting on a Tuesday and being paid the following Monday sounds very odd. When were they sending the payroll? Friday? Sounds like a hell of a lot to do and never heard that before

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AP007 wrote: »

starting on a Tuesday and being paid the following Monday sounds very odd. When were they sending the payroll? Friday? Sounds like a hell of a lot to do and never heard that before

Yep, I know, wasn't me who sent the email! got 3 months of it, quite convinced they have absolutely no clue

Anyway when they started on about emergency tax just to add to the saga, the guy from the agency soon ended up paying a visit to our place of work (never been so embarrassed!)

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Deleted%20User wrote: »

think I might have another question regarding a 'mileage opt in scheme'

Okay... apparently this is more called 'salary sacrifice scheme'?
'Travel plus'
It was mentioned 45p per mile, I thought it was good idea with travel just about 60 miles into work each day...

Savvy_Sue

Be grateful, one place where I worked thought that temp staff could work a month in hand ... so if they worked in May, they wouldn't be paid until the end of June!!!

I know there have to be lead-in times for payroll, but I pointed out that none of the temps we were thinking of using would work on that basis ... and we'd better find a way of sorting it or we'd be paying agency temps instead!

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Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Be grateful, one place where I worked thought that temp staff could work a month in hand ... so if they worked in May, they wouldn't be paid until the end of June!!!

I know there have to be lead-in times for payroll, but I pointed out that none of the temps we were thinking of using would work on that basis ... and we'd better find a way of sorting it or we'd be paying agency temps instead!

I am grateful but nobody likes being mislead - or having direct debits bounce as a consequence (regretful in my case as my bank acct facilities can be closed! yes I was reliant on being paid when I was told I would be) of receiving wrongful information, made worse by not being told until after we realised there wasn't a payday when we were told

I felt sorry for the client who were kind enough to ask if we were going to be ok getting to work and then had to give us time to sit in an emergency farce of a meeting

I would rather get paid monthly but adjusted to weekly pay and had made budget decisions based on this

muppetbaby

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Okay... apparently this is more called 'salary sacrifice scheme'?
'Travel plus'
It was mentioned 45p per mile, I thought it was good idea with travel just about 60 miles into work each day...

Yes, opt into this. It basically means you pay less tax, I've done it with agencies before (Reed, I think). The gist of it is that they deduct your travel expenses from your wages before taxing you, then pay your full travel expenses, so you're not being taxed on the amount that you are claiming on travel.

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muppetbaby wrote: »

Yes, opt into this. It basically means you pay less tax, I've done it with agencies before (Reed, I think). The gist of it is that they deduct your travel expenses from your wages before taxing you, then pay your full travel expenses, so you're not being taxed on the amount that you are claiming on travel.

Thank you x :T I get it now!