Part time to full time pay

[itsnotfair10]

Hi there
After some advice if possible.

I have been working at my current company for nearly 10 years but have worked for the last 4 part time doing 4 days per week.

This month, mid month I went back to full time hours 5 days a week.

I have just been paid and it seems my payroll department have for this month only worked out my salary based on actual days worked rather than the usual annual salary/12

As a result I have only received an additional £73 before tax for 2 days additional work when my normal daily rate is £109 per day.

I feel like my salary should have been my usual part time salary and then 2 additional days as then this would have fallen in line with usual practice

But they are saying I have been paid for my actual days worked so they are correct.

It seems to me like changing the way pay is calculated for just the one month has left me £100 odd pounds out of pocket.

Who is right here and how do I deal with this?

Thanks

It wouldn't usually make that much difference, but September has been very short in terms of working days.

How about if they paid you full time salary and took off the two days you didn't work?

That's what I would have done if I realised the 'days worked' wasn't going to work out much more than your part time monthly.

Who is right here and how do I deal with this?

You are both right. But it would have been better if they used a 'belts and braces' approach for ad-hoc mid month changes like this.

Could you say you think you should have been entitled to 18/20 x full time monthly. As that's the portion of the working month that you worked?

I've got a meeting with payroll on Monday so hoping I can resolve it. I don't mind if it doesn't work put exact but it seems very unfair to be over £100 out. Thanks for your thoughts

Did you resolve this? I’ve had the same experience this month and it’s taken me days to figure out why my pay is less than I had thought it would be.

I’ve increased my hours slightly from 12 to 14 a week and I’m about £60 short what I would have been if I’d been working a regular 14 hour week.

All down to September being a short month and my increased hours starting a few days into the month.

It’s a bit of a headache!

Hi ya. So sorry I've only just seen this. It turned out they had paid for exact days worked rather than the usual working out. My payroll department agreed with my calculations and paid a corrected amount the following month. Was a pain as I was short for a month but at least it was sorted in the end! Hope you get yours sorted too