Dear all
I returned to work a couple of months ago with my former employer on an ad-hoc part-time basis, where I work up to 2.5 days per week and submit a timesheet each month based on number of days worked. This is a pilot scheme they are operating to entice back people who have been on Special Unpaid Leave for a while. I've really benefitted from being able to dip my toe in the water and to be able to work so flexibly.
However, I think they are calculating my pay wrong. At the start, I was told that I would be on the same pay scale as when I left plus standard increments. Recently, I realised my pay looked too low and queried it. I turns out that they have taken my full-time pay rate (which is correct), divided it by 12 to get a monthly rate, and then divided that by the number of calendar days in the month to get a daily rate. They then times that daily rate by the number of days I've worked.
I've pointed out that I think they should divide the monthly rate by the number of working days in the month (or alternatively divide the annual salary by the number of working days in a year), and then times that by the number of days worked. My full-time colleagues have to work 20-21 days per month to get their salary, whereas I would have to work 31 days to get the same amount.
Surely they can't be right? I've queried it with the pay manager but he insists he's right. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything I could point him to to get him to rethink. This is a large organisation, I've only just come back into the workplace after a 6 year absence, and I'm not in a union. I feel I'd be fighting a David versus Goliath battle without something solid to back up my argument.
Thanks for any help.