Is an annual salaried job being advertised at under NMW?

IrkedandPuzzled

I've searched online already at the various calculators as well as my own maths, and can't quite figure this one out…..

I've recently seen the replacement advert for a friend who's leaving a post within a fairly reasonable £££m sized firm. The (very inflexible) office hours they work are M-Th 8-5:30 and F is 8-5. So that get's 47hrs which if we assume include an 'unpaid' hours lunch each day becomes 42hrs. The job advert on Indeed is advertising at £27,500.00 pa.

Standard AL allowance of 28 days to include public holidays and closure over Christmas > New Year.

So 42 x 52 weeks = 2184 hours, £27500/2210 = £12.59, slightly under NMW.

Or am I getting this wrong?

Woodstok2000

Any other unpaid breaks? Certainly looks to be under nmw on your figures, but would need to see the employment contract to be sure.

flaneurs_lobster

Any chance of a link to the job ad?

StewedApple

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82158974#Comment_82158974

Let it go - you're supposed to be retired.

IrkedandPuzzled

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82158974#Comment_82158974

I'd prefer not to publicly, wouldn't take the greatest of brains to join the dots….

peteuk

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6685668/is-an-annual-salaried-job-being-advertised-at-under-nmw

Leave allowance?

la531983

Surely the obvious thing here is to contact Indeed and ask why they are allowing the advertising of a job at below NMW, show your working, and see what the reply is.

IrkedandPuzzled

Have just realised I'd been fed ever-so-slightly duff info - salary is actually 27,760 and that extra £260 makes it exactly NMW at £12.71. Have to say, that for what I understand from my friend who's leaving as to the level of work and responsibility involved in that role, it's insulting no matter how it's technically justified! That's not what they're earning now, he does make more than that, but it's just ridiculous that some employers do this and it completely devalues all the effort and commitment to develop that role over the last few years.

[rant over]

la531983

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82159023#Comment_82159023

Or maybe not………

TELLIT01

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82159029#Comment_82159029

One of the consequences (unintended or otherwise) of the NMW was the increase in jobs paying NMW and not a penny more. My last job before retiring was with the Civil Service and team leaders were on just over £20k, managing up to 10 people. That was in 2016 but it was still crap money.

StewedApple

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82159110#Comment_82159110

It's a challenge with any similar legislation i.e. that the floor becomes the ceiling. However, the risk of no action is that the situation never improves for those below the proposed floor.