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Bonky

I'm rephrasing my question because nobody seems to have understood it! I appreciate the replies but they were all wide of the mark so I'll try and simplify my query.

I am paid on the last day of the month. This month's pay advice has already been prepared, even though there is a week of this month still left. My pay slip is dated for the period 1/8 - 31/8 and I will have worked 5 full weeks in this period. However my employer is only paying me for 4 weeks - up until 25/8.

Is this lawful? My pay slip says it is for the month of August but in fact it is only for four fifths of the month. By the end of August, by the time I am paid, I WILL have worked 5 weeks. Next month's pay slip will be for 1/9-30/9 so when should I be paid for the last week of August?

Thank you.

marliepanda

Are you on a salary? Or paid a set amount per hour.

Do you normally get the same basic pay each month?

gettingtheresometime

I haven't seen your earlier thread but - and only your employer can give you the answer - I'm guessing if you were on a monthly salary you'd be paid 1/12th of your salary but given you're on an hourly salary there will be a cut off point during the month so you'll be paid up to that cut off point.

Any hours worked after this cut off point would be paid the following month.

Added - have now read your other thread & surely by threatening a grievance, without presumably asking the protocol first, you're taking a sledge hammer to crack nut

nicechap

Bonky wrote: »

I'm rephrasing my question because nobody seems to have understood it! I appreciate the replies but they were all wide of the mark so I'll try and simplify my query.

I am paid on the last day of the month. This month's pay advice has already been prepared, even though there is a week of this month still left. My pay slip is dated for the period 1/8 - 31/8 and I will have worked 5 full weeks in this period. However my employer is only paying me for 4 weeks - up until 25/8.

Is this lawful? My pay slip says it is for the month of August but in fact it is only for four fifths of the month. By the end of August, by the time I am paid, I WILL have worked 5 weeks. Next month's pay slip will be for 1/9-30/9 so when should I be paid for the last week of August?

Thank you.

In your other thread you said you get paid a month in arrears, so, this month (1-31 Aug) you are being paid for 4 weeks work in July. Next month (1 - 30 Sep) you will be paid 5 weeks for August.

Quite legal if your contract stipulates it, and presumably has happened in other 5 weeks months.

Though looking at other websites they seem to think March, June, September and December will be 5 week paid months.

TELLIT01

What dates were covered by the previous 3 payslips. An extended period like that will give us a better idea of the payment pattern, and will enable a more accurate answer.

sangie595

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

Added - have now read your other thread & surely by threatening a grievance, without presumably asking the protocol first, you're taking a sledge hammer to crack nut

This is very good advice. I can't see how you didn't think that people weren't being helpful enough on your last thread. It was yesterday, it's a bank holiday weekend, and two hours later you decided that nobody understood the question, so asked it again because you didn't get a fast enough answer. If you are always this fast to leap to conclusions and submit grievances, then you will simply alienate your employer.

You had the perfect answer already. Ask your employer. Don't complain. Ask! You are starting from the point of asking a bunch of strangers to explain how your employer pays you so that you can submit a grievance. The actual way to deal with things is to ask your employer to explain how the payroll is done, and if you don't understand the answer then to ask if anyone can help you either to understand or to work out what is wrong with the answer.