To think I’m not being paid right?

[Dinnerlady1001]

I started working at a school as my second job January 6th as a lunchtime supervisor.
I get paid monthly. On the 24th, I got £180.
It doesn’t seem right with the numbers advertised.
I spoke to another dinner lady, and she said we get paid about £11 a day.
Before I got the job, I worked it out as £228 a month for the lower bracket pay. I should have asked in the interview but I always hate asking about money.

Am I looking at this wrong or am I not being paid enough?

Wont it be lower because you haven't done a whole month?

£228 before tax and NI...

You mention it's a second job. Do you earn over your personal allowance in the other job?

Have you checked your tax code for this one on your payslip?

You haven't worked there a full month though? There's a week missing, so you've only been paid from 6-24th.

And what the PP said!

Is it adjusted pro rata for school holidays?

Is it pro rata - are you being paid the same every month even when there are holidays and the school is shut?

They have deducted tax & NI from the £228 gross. Do you have a payslip to show you the deductions?

Did they have your P45 from previous job?
You could be being charged under the emergency tax code?

They probably have a pay roll cut off maybe a week before pay day and you've not done a full month.
What are you earning in your other job? Have you accounted for tax and ni?
What does your payslip say?

Yes, that amount divided by 12 is 228

Ask them how it is calculated/hourly rate

There will be no NI as its under the threshold, but £228 less 20% tax is £182.40.

@JeezyPeeps it's under the threshold for tax too. So it all depends what she earns in her other job.

Your payslip will show you any deductions, but it's probably just because they pay from 24-24, or whatever their dates are, so you haven't worked there a full month to get a full month of pay.

I don’t pay tax or NI
I am self employed with my other job and still under the threshold to not pay tax or NI.

Payslip is very basic - it doesn’t have a breakdown of anything just my pay. No deductions shown.

As it’s a school I couldn’t start any earlier in the month as they weren’t open.
I thought they averaged the pay to account for school holidays. And everyone gets paid on the 24th..

The job advert says per annum so I assume they have taken school holidays into consideration.

Yes but you've still worked a week less than a full month's pay regardless. Over the course of a year it will most likely be averaged out, but when you've just started, you won't get paid for time when you weren't employed by them. Your employment started on the 6th so you've most likely been paid from the 6th-24th. Next month you'll be paid from the 24th-24th.

You might be on an emergency tax code while they’re waiting to hear from hmrc - then you’ll be taxed at 20% but should get a rebate on the future. You could ask the school what your tax code is and call up hmrc to explain the situation and see if they will issue you a new one

If you'd agreed a start date of 1st Jan, but couldn't actually go in until the 6th because they were closed then you'd have been paid more. But your start date was, I assume, the 6th so why would they pay you for days before then when technically you weren't employed by them?

the above. they are not going to be paying you for 25th Dec to 6th Jan

I would just ask the school to clarify your payment per hour and ask if they could state how many hours you've worked either on the payslip or separately to you each month. A completely fair request, esp if you are self-employed.

The other lady could well be earning a different amount so I wouldn't rely on her figures.

What was your official start date?

You have another job. Are you taking your personal allowance in your existing job? If so you will be charged 20% tax on your wage with no untaxed portion. So @JeezyPeeps is quite correct and it sounds like you're being paid correctly.

But your first day was the 6th January. They're not going to pay you for holidays from before you even started working there.

and to add if you get paid on 24th cut off date is earlier than that. for example i get paid on 31st for work up to and including 24th. they need time to calculate payroll.

You need to check your contract for more information. Even knowing the payment date doesn’t really help. Figures could be worked out to the end of the month with payment on the 24th, they could have pro rated the month due to starting on the 6th. You could either investigate now or wait until 24th Feb to see if you get the £228 you were expecting. It would be good to check your contract so you know how pay works particularly if you leave. School jobs often require a terms notice to ensure payment over the summer holidays for example. It’s just good go understand from the off so you don’t end up out of pocket later.

Pretty sure the other job is a red herring. No deductions have been shown on payslip, which they would if she was being taxed on these earnings. OP just hasn't worked there a full month, it's as simple as that. Employers don't generally pay you for time before you started employment