Gone from full time to part time: what should I be paid?

swazzle2000

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I came back off maternity leave in August 2017. I went from a full time employee to a part time employee at that point. I used to work 40 hours a week, and dropped down to 24 hours per week. I don’t know how to work out how much I should be paid. My last employer was a bit weird with how he did the wages as it didn’t matter what tax code you were on, he would always pay the same. For example, I applied for the uniform cleaning tax relief, and it didn’t change my wages at all! And everyone was paid the same.

So, the last month before I went on maternity leave, I was paid, for a 40 hour week, £1520.76. My PAYE tax was 119.00 and my NI contributions were £101.76. My take home pay was then £1300.00. My tax code was 1110L.
The total on my p60 for 2016 (before maternity leave) was £18,370.

Can anyone tell me what my part time wage should be? I think they gave me a massive pay reduction without me realising it. I now take home, for a 24 hour week, £800.

Thank you in advance.

glentoran99

swazzle2000 wrote: »

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I came back off maternity leave in August 2017. I went from a full time employee to a part time employee at that point. I used to work 40 hours a week, and dropped down to 24 hours per week. I don!!!8217;t know how to work out how much I should be paid. My last employer was a bit weird with how he did the wages as it didn!!!8217;t matter what tax code you were on, he would always pay the same. For example, I applied for the uniform cleaning tax relief, and it didn!!!8217;t change my wages at all! And everyone was paid the same.

So, the last month before I went on maternity leave, I was paid, for a 40 hour week, £1520.76. My PAYE tax was 119.00 and my NI contributions were £101.76. My take home pay was then £1300.00. My tax code was 1110L.
The total on my p60 for 2016 (before maternity leave) was £18,370.

Can anyone tell me what my part time wage should be? I think they gave me a massive pay reduction without me realising it. I now take home, for a 24 hour week, £800.

Thank you in advance.

sounds about right, your taking home just over half for just over half the hours


quick maths, before tax 1520.76 / 40 * 24 = £912.45

glentoran99

your tax code is wrong, with uniform relief it should be 1160L

Takeaway_Addict

swazzle2000 wrote: »

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I came back off maternity leave in August 2017. I went from a full time employee to a part time employee at that point. I used to work 40 hours a week, and dropped down to 24 hours per week. I don’t know how to work out how much I should be paid. My last employer was a bit weird with how he did the wages as it didn’t matter what tax code you were on, he would always pay the same. For example, I applied for the uniform cleaning tax relief, and it didn’t change my wages at all! And everyone was paid the same.

So, the last month before I went on maternity leave, I was paid, for a 40 hour week, £1520.76. My PAYE tax was 119.00 and my NI contributions were £101.76. My take home pay was then £1300.00. My tax code was 1110L.
The total on my p60 for 2016 (before maternity leave) was £18,370.

Can anyone tell me what my part time wage should be? I think they gave me a massive pay reduction without me realising it. I now take home, for a 24 hour week, £800.

Thank you in advance.

So have you changed employer as you say your last employer???

If so then two different employers will prob pay diff rates?

Smodlet

24 is 60% of 40. 60% of £1300 = £780.

jobbingmusician

You worked 40 hours a week for £18,370. This means that you were paid £459.25 per year for every hour per week you earned.

At the same rate of pay, 24 hours would earn you £11,022 per year. Assuming a tax code of 1160L (and you can contact HMRC direct about this if your employer hasn't told them about the uniform bit) you can then plug these figures into a calculator. I used https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php

All figures are per month.

Gross Income £918.50
Taxable Income nil
Tax nil
National Insurance £25.98
2018 Take Home £892.52

swazzle2000

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

So have you changed employer as you say your last employer???

If so then two different employers will prob pay diff rates?

Yes I have changed employer, but I told them that I needed at least £800, and now I get £795 instead. So I’m tryig to figure out whether I should have asked for more and if they’ve calculated it differently now that I am part time. I think I’ve accidentally given myself a pay cut by asking for the wrong amount.

swazzle2000

jobbingmusician wrote: »

You worked 40 hours a week for £18,370. This means that you were paid £459.25 per year for every hour per week you earned.

At the same rate of pay, 24 hours would earn you £11,022 per year. Assuming a tax code of 1160L (and you can contact HMRC direct about this if your employer hasn't told them about the uniform bit) you can then plug these figures into a calculator. I used https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php

All figures are per month.

Gross Income £918.50
Taxable Income nil
Tax nil
National Insurance £25.98
2018 Take Home £892.52

This is also why I think my previous employer was paying me the wrong amount because this calculator says I should be getting a lot more.

theoretica

swazzle2000 wrote: »

This is also why I think my previous employer was paying me the wrong amount because this calculator says I should be getting a lot more.

The current calculator won't be exactly right for past years due to tax changes. There may also be pension contributions to take into account.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Right. What are you paid, BEFORE TAX, by your current employer?

There could be all kinds of reasons for you paying the wrong tax, so start with the gross.

And forget what you got paid before by a different employer; it is entirely irrelevant.

swazzle2000

My current employer pays me £811. Then NI comes out so I take home £795, give or take a few pence. I don’t pay tax because I’m well under the threshold.