When do you get your payslips?

[Angelaanaconda1]

This is following on from another thread about me not being paid on time.
I can't find any info, but my new employer has told me that payslips "usually arrive a few days after we've been paid."
Just seems very vague, is there a legal requirement surrounding this or is it just whatever the employer feels like?

Can’t believe how many companies are getting away with breaking the law like this! We always give ours out same day or day before pay goes into accounts unless the member of staff is on holiday

I get mine on a Wednesday, paid on a Friday.

2 days begore. I’m paid by bacs and when the payment is made it generates my payslip.

What are the implications/ consequences of an employer not issuing payslips as required by law?

You don't know that they're paying all your tax, NI and pension contributions. Probably unusual, but an unscrupulous employer could be paying you the net amount and pocketing the rest themselves and you'd be none the wiser. With an itemised payslip showing your NI number and their HMRC ref no, you can reasonably assume it's all above board.

Otherwise, an employer could claim that you're self employed and you're responsible for your own tax etc out of the amount you've received.

You can't prove your income, eg for a mortgage or rental contract.

You can see how your pay has been calculated and you've been paid the right amount.

@Merryoldgoat

"you can’t pay the funds until it’s finalised so you’re just wrong."

I never said you could.

@Oblomov22

Then what’s the delay with producing payslips?

Most software produces the slips the same time they produce the bank file.

Fiddly or not there is no reason for the delay.

Employers can decide not to pay over contributions to HMRC correctly so you should check each month that your payslips match the amount in your HMRC account and your pension account too.

Without a payslip you can’t see if you’re being paid correctly for overtime etc.

My DH was off sick for 2 days, his manager forgot to cancel his occupational sick pay. Without a payslip he’d never have known as he gets a lot of sick pay at full amount but would obviously have other implications.

You can check your tax code is correct also and then check they match your P60 at year end.

@BarbaraofSeville

That is exactly what happened to my sister and it only came to light be aged her UC payments came through even though she’d earned too much.

They weRE falsifying her payslips and reporting incorrect info to HMRC which we picked up fast thanks to the HMRC online account.

An absolute disgrace some employers.

About a week before. If there's any queries with it it gives payroll time to amend or put on a second pay run.

2 days before payday via password protected email.

DH used to work for a 2-bit shitshow of a company where he had to chase them down every bloody month, often for his wages, never mind his payslip

The day before via email.

One or two people opt to have them posted so they get theirs a few days after payday.

I get mine the day before

My partner is a shift worker so different rates Of pay etc so they pay on the 7th of the month for the previous month 1st to 28th/30/31st - last working day

They get theirs about 2nd 5 days before so any anomalies can be rectified

To those saying it shows the employer is paying the PAYE/NIC to HMRC that's not strictly true, a payslip can be amended after it's been issued to the employee & before it's submitted to HMRC.

There are also many employers who just do not pay the money over to HMRC - I had a client in a previous job who owed HMRC over £200,000 in unpaid PAYE/NIC/CIS deductions they closed down the company, ceased the PAYE scheme & last I heard the debt was waived as the company couldn't afford to pay it. This happens on a shockingly regular basis.

@JenniferWooley

absolutely but if you register for your gateway account you can check each month that they match.