Pro rata work deductions

[Rockinrobin1979]

Does anyone know how time off sick should be deducted if you work pro rata?
I work in a preschool and we are paid for 46 weeks and our salary is then divided across 52 weeks so we are paid every month.
Our salary is £11.50 an hour but it works out at £10.17 once divided.
When we are off sick should we be deducted the 11.50 or 10.17 for each hour not worked?
Thanks

I would say £11.50 as you're term time only and not paid for the other 6 weeks.

Dividing the salary into 12 installments is a convenience for you and the employer.

Yeah this. Your hourly rate is £11.50, you’re not paid £10.17 an hour, they just spread your pay over the 12 months, you’re working X hours for £11.50 per hour, so any hours off sick are deducted at your hourly rate- £11.50

I agree, it's the £11.50 figure.

You aren't on £10.17 an hour. You are on £11.50 an hour. The figure they will use is your actual hourly rate.

Looking from another point, if you were paid £10.17/hr you would be paid less than the National Living Wage.

Your employer is in trouble as this is in breach of the minimum wage regulations.

No they are not. The OP is paid £11.50 for each hour they work. Itvis common practice in schools and other term time employments that the total salary is pad over 12 months rather than the employee being without pay during the weeks they don't work e.g summer holidays etc.

I really wish people that don't know what they are talking about would not come on tonthreads and post inaccurate info. Especially on the money boards.

Exactly Rainbow.

There are no laws as to pay frequency. You can be paid, daily, monthly or even yearly. As long as you are paid at least the number of hours worked x at least minimum wage it can be divided over the 12 months as is common for schools/term time only workers.