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Minimum wage calculations

Hopefully someone will be able to assist me here:

Where I work, I am on a salary, paid cash every week.

Over the next 4 weeks, I have been rostered for extra hours to cover a weeks holiday for by boss, plus two days when he is on a course.

I have been given an extra day off on one week, plus an extra day off on the Monday after his holiday ( in next 4 week period)

I will be working approx 234 hours over the next 4 weeks, which at minimum wage works out at £1521. I have not been told I will be paid any extra over this period, which means my wages will come to £1385, a gross shortfall of over £130.

How do I approach my employer about this?

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  • double_mummy
    double_mummy Posts: 3,989 Forumite
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    as you are paid weekly it is calculated per week

    so long ads your pay for the hours you do each week does not take you under the min wage they are okay

    eg. you get paid 100 per week if you work 10 hours in week one that is fine if you work 20 hours the next week and still get the 100 that is not because that will take you under the NMW
    The only people I have to answer to are my beautiful babies aged 8 and 5
  • wafmoo
    wafmoo Posts: 102 Forumite
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    I was under the impression that wages could fluctuate a bit but the average must not drop below minimum.
  • HappyMJ
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    You can refuse to do the extra work. You also have working time directive issues to consider where your maximum weekly hours should be no more than 48. You also aren't supposed to work more than 5 hours in a stretch without a break.

    You'll need to negotiate based on what is in your contract...for all I know you may have opted out of WTD.
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  • getmore4less
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    HappyMJ wrote: »
    You can refuse to do the extra work. You also have working time directive issues to consider where your maximum weekly hours should be no more than 48. You also aren't supposed to work more than 5 hours in a stretch without a break.

    You'll need to negotiate based on what is in your contract...for all I know you may have opted out of WTD.

    A 6hr shift does not require a break.
  • wafmoo wrote: »

    How do I approach my employer about this?



    Ask???


    You haven't been told you will get extra - you haven't been told you won't.


    Nobody can help you with a problem that doesn't exist, and until you are told that there is either no pay or other recompense, the problem doesn't exist. So you simply have to ask.
  • bigheadxx
    bigheadxx Posts: 3,047 Forumite
    wafmoo wrote: »
    Hopefully someone will be able to assist me here:

    Where I work, I am on a salary, paid cash every week.

    Over the next 4 weeks, I have been rostered for extra hours to cover a weeks holiday for by boss, plus two days when he is on a course.

    I have been given an extra day off on one week, plus an extra day off on the Monday after his holiday ( in next 4 week period)

    I will be working approx 234 hours over the next 4 weeks, which at minimum wage works out at £1521. I have not been told I will be paid any extra over this period, which means my wages will come to £1385, a gross shortfall of over £130.

    How do I approach my employer about this?

    If you are getting the time back then there isn't much recourse. Employees are supposed to be paid for the hours worked over the pay reference period, ie, a week, but can pay those hours at a later date.
  • double_mummy
    double_mummy Posts: 3,989 Forumite
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    wafmoo wrote: »
    I was under the impression that wages could fluctuate a bit but the average must not drop below minimum.

    that is correct - it can be averaged out over a pay period - so if it was over a month then it can be averaged if the pay period is a week (which it is in this circumstance) then there isnt any other weeks to average it with
    The only people I have to answer to are my beautiful babies aged 8 and 5
  • theoretica
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    Surely a direct question - can you confirm I will be paid for these extra hours the week I do them so I know what to budget for - would be reasonable and let you know if there was a problem and a need to ask further about how that works out with the minimum wage legislation.
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  • fannyadams
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    just in case you need to know:
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