What does it mean when it says you get paid 2 weeks in hand?

nemq

I need help with my wage and trying to understand it if someone can pm me I can give more information. Thanks.

b33r

In hand just means paid ahead of when you earned it, i.e. you might be paid on approx the middle day of the month for the whole month even though u haven't worked the second half yet. Only really tends to happen for someone who is salaried but if you have pretty stable hours then could also happen for someone who was paid hourly.

If for any reason you were to not work the time you have been paid in hand for then you would owe this money back to the company you work for.

Mojisola

I think it's the opposite - the employer will keep the first two week's wages so you won't get paid until the end of week 3.

When you leave, you will then get three weeks wages in your last payment.

bugslet

Mojisolas version is correct.

if you start here, you work a week in hand, so if you started this week on the 5th June, you would be paid next week - our pay day is a Thursday, so your money would land in your account onthe 15th.

Two weeks means that with the same start date, the OPs pay day is probably 23rd June.

comeandgo

It is a bit confusing, paid two weeks in hand I think means you get paid mid month, as I do, but to work two weeks in hand means you don't get paid until week 3.

nemq

Well they did say something about getting the rest of the money when you leave? Still confused but thanks

Xbigman

Work two weeks in hand is fairly clear.

Paid two weeks in hand could be interpreted either way. You'll need to ask your employer.




Darren

Mojisola

nemq wrote: »

Well they did say something about getting the rest of the money when you leave? Still confused but thanks

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5309
Working a 'week in hand': This means a worker receives their week's wage the week after it was earned. For example, if a worker begins a week's work on 1st January and is paid weekly, they would get paid for that week on or before the 14th January not the 7th January. If you use this system then when a worker leaves, they will be entitled to the week in arrears in their final pay.

Ask the firm for clarification that this is the system they are using.

getmore4less

the 2 key things to ask are
The pay period

The dates that make up a pay period is could be a week say Sat-Fri, a calendar month 1-28/30/31 or a month period eg 15th-14th

The pay day

The date on which a pay period will be paid,
eg for a weeks pay it could be the Friday same week the following Friday or even further out.
For a month you gete things like last Thurs, last working day or a set date.

once you have those two key items nailed you can then look at the other applicable things like the cut off date for overtime or expense payments.

nemq

Mojisola wrote: »

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5309
Working a 'week in hand': This means a worker receives their week's wage the week after it was earned. For example, if a worker begins a week's work on 1st January and is paid weekly, they would get paid for that week on or before the 14th January not the 7th January. If you use this system then when a worker leaves, they will be entitled to the week in arrears in their final pay.

Ask the firm for clarification that this is the system they are using.

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