Local Gov - pay discrepancy

seans_elysees

I work in local gov and get paid 4-weekly - so 13x pay cycles over the year. 

Due my final pay tomorrow for the year and I checked my pay slip and I’m trying to work out if there’s a reason there would be difference between my salary, and the gross pay that I’ve received over the course of the year. 

The latter (gross pay received) is £168.52 less than salary figure. 

I checked my equivalent final pay slip of 23/24 and there was a similar gap. £171.83

TheSpectator

seans_elysees said:

I work in local gov and get paid 4-weekly - so 13x pay cycles over the year. 

Due my final pay tomorrow for the year and I checked my pay slip and I’m trying to work out if there’s a reason there would be difference between my salary, and the gross pay that I’ve received over the course of the year. 

The latter (gross pay received) is £168.52 less than salary figure. 

I checked my equivalent final pay slip of 23/24 and there was a similar gap. £171.83

Are those figures the discrepancy for the month or the full year?

la531983

Because 13 x 4 weeks isnt a full year.

You arent being paid a full year across 13 pay periods. You are being paid 28 days in each one. 

Is your annual salary around the £61k mark?

seans_elysees

la531983 said:

Because 13 x 4 weeks isnt a full year.

You arent being paid a full year across 13 pay periods. You are being paid 28 days in each one. 

Is your annual salary around the £61k mark?

That makes sense as 13* 28 = 364 days. 

So if that’s the case then the salary basically sets an hourly rate which is applied to payroll cycles but the actually gross salary paid will always be short of my contracted salary figure. That about right? 

To answer your question - £57,283

seans_elysees

TheSpectator said:

seans_elysees said:

I work in local gov and get paid 4-weekly - so 13x pay cycles over the year. 

Due my final pay tomorrow for the year and I checked my pay slip and I’m trying to work out if there’s a reason there would be difference between my salary, and the gross pay that I’ve received over the course of the year. 

The latter (gross pay received) is £168.52 less than salary figure. 

I checked my equivalent final pay slip of 23/24 and there was a similar gap. £171.83

Are those figures the discrepancy for the month or the full year?

It is for the year. 

la531983

seans_elysees said:

la531983 said:

Because 13 x 4 weeks isnt a full year.

You arent being paid a full year across 13 pay periods. You are being paid 28 days in each one. 

Is your annual salary around the £61k mark?

That makes sense as 13* 28 = 364 days. 

So if that’s the case then the salary basically sets an hourly rate which is applied to payroll cycles but the actually gross salary paid will always be short of my contracted salary figure. That about right? 

To answer your question - £57,283

Exactly, but you arent being diddled, you are being paid the correct amount per day, its just split over a bizarre pay arrangement (every four weeks isnt that common, its usually monthly or weekly). When you leave employment it will be worked out to the day you leave.

seans_elysees

la531983 said:

seans_elysees said:

la531983 said:

Because 13 x 4 weeks isnt a full year.

You arent being paid a full year across 13 pay periods. You are being paid 28 days in each one. 

Is your annual salary around the £61k mark?

That makes sense as 13* 28 = 364 days. 

So if that’s the case then the salary basically sets an hourly rate which is applied to payroll cycles but the actually gross salary paid will always be short of my contracted salary figure. That about right? 

To answer your question - £57,283

Exactly, but you arent being diddled, you are being paid the correct amount per day, its just split over a bizarre pay arrangement (every four weeks isnt that common, its usually monthly or weekly). When you leave employment it will be worked out to the day you leave.

That’s great and very helpful reply. 

Thanks. 👍