To ask if anyone here works in pay roll? My pay slip is a minus number?

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I've been off sick for the entire month and am entitled to statutory sick pay (SSP). My employer has confirmed I'm entitled to SSP and I have submitted all the required evidence from my GP.

I wasn't paid, but have received my pay slip and have looked at it but don't understand it. It's showing that my total pay is a minus number (-£300).

On my pay slip I have:

• Salary


• SSP


• Unpaid sick as a minus value (which is -30 hours at my hourly rate, but this amount exceeds my salary and my SSP)


• Basic adjustment

I don't understand it at all, can someone please explain what unpaid sick is and why it's a larger amount than my salary in the first place? Do I owe my employer £300?

Thank you

Did you go off sick before the end of last pay period, meaning you were paid when off sick to start with?

I think you need to speak to your payroll department. There can be a cut off point where not all changes are captured in time for the pay run.

I went off sick in the middle of May, so I had approx 2 weeks of contractual sick pay, and then some SSP which is reflected in my salary. Then I was off for the whole month of June on SSP

System maybe set up so your regular hours/salary goes through automatically, then has to be cancelled out by a deduction on payslip (as you're not actually getting your salary) and then SSPPshown seperate. Not sure why this deduction would be greater than your salary plus SSP though, unless it's to make up for you getting your regular salary last month when you were actually sick. what is the effect of the basic adjustment? What does your net pay equal?

Ultimately, only your payroll dept can tell you

Sorry only just saw your last post. Does your net pay look like it's SSP less tax/ni?

It’s probably like PP said - you’ve been paid full rate at some point when it should’ve been unpaid and it’s effectively a ‘true up’.

Ask your payroll team for a full statement of your last three months’ pay by days so you can see exactly how it reconciles.

If they have overpaid you, and they are reclaiming the overpayment, ACAS have great advice on what they can and cannot do.

But first you need to speak to payroll to find out what has happened.

www.acas.org.uk/reclaim-money-owed-by-an-employee

It's possibly just an error. The system we use for payroll likes to automatically calculate SSP like this and it's never right. I have to go in and manually amend it.

Speak to whoever does your payroll.

But I shouldn't have any time unpaid, all my pay should be contractual sick pay or SSP?

It's basically:

Salary £2500
SSP: £675
Unpaid sick: -£3200
Basic adjustment: £600

(I've rounded up/down the numbers). I paid no NI and £260 in PAYE

I don't really understand this......£2,500 + £675 - £3,200 + £600 does not equal minus £300. Speak to your payroll, perhaps the adjustment has been put on as a minus in error

Minus the £260 PAYE and it's £315

I had this once when my deductions exceeded my pay for the month ( it wasn't spotted in advance as some parental leave split badly with payroll dates meaning I basically didn't get paid that month. They took the extra out of my next months pay.