Anyone good with payslip workings please?

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Hi,

This pay slip is meant to be for someone on a yearly salary £19,760 (40 hours per week) but a relative thinks it is wrong?

They started the job on 31st May on a 2 days paid for work trial (this wasn't fully comprehended at the time) but the Employer would then later issue a contract that actually the start was 6th June. (in the contract they've said other mad things like 20 days holiday includes bank hols)

The employer did try and offer the job at £18,200 to begin with. Nothing in contract about a week in hand situation.

Tax code 1257L

What is the question?

An employee can include bank holidays in the holiday entitlement. How does the holiday year run as it would be prorated from the start date.

£19,760

Is this the salary advertised?

I'm not a payroll expert but your relative can put their details into this calculator to find out what they should be getting: listentotaxman.com/

Thanks all but the relative said it is not the respective monthly wage expected of £19,760 and they don't know how it's been worked out and neither do I. All I know is the person who issued the contract at £19,760 is the person doing payroll too.

I fought back to relative and said possibly I am doing 35 hours - the contract reveals the lunch break deducted is always 30 mins per day - I work 8.30-5.00 officially so to my mind take of the half hour break start of day, in theory leaves me with 9 to 5 = 35 hours? but they still reckon it does not work out.

I personally thought the practise had been stopped in 2007/2008 time that made trying to take bank holidays out of someone's 20 days holiday per year, but to end up with 12 days once bank holidays get taken away, makes me see sense that's why a lot of people are not away from the business in reality.

Thanks again.

It looks like they have paid from 6 June to 30 June and then overtime for the 2 days in May.

I assume your relative thought they were getting paid from 31 May so full time salary for June and 1 day for May. Depending how they have worded everything the employers have been correct I.e. 2 days for work trial, full time employment from 6 June. The 4 day BH is being treated as not employed and not a work trial, so unpaid. Very penny pinching and not the best way to start an employment relationship.

I would accept the pay is correct and go through the contract very carefully. Send the contract back pointing out everything that is incorrect, do not sign it until it is correct. The employer have shown they will push the absolute limit of the law so be alert to where they over step.

Ah thanks, sadly the 13 hours overtime is correct from 6th June for the odd half hour/hour spend remaining after 5pm at times, yes I was a tad suspicious how it would work being given a job 2 days before last bank holidays, I know I'm best writing it off as correct pay, all said I don't fancy being told to wind my neck or any other lovely salutation by the employer!

Just bizzare an employer who at least pay's overtime and puts into a pension straight away.

Anyway massive thanks again.

Hopefully I won't make it it to payday 3 (here's hoping) 🙌

If you work 5 days a week you are entitled to 28 day minimum (which may include bank holidays) it is 5.6 weeks legal minimum paid leave, so the contract is already falling foul of employment law.

Some companies won't pay you holiday until you have been with the company for a certain amount of time. Eg a month so you have accrued some time off. I would assume the bank holidays in June were put as unpaid leave. If they had paid holiday I would expect to see it listed separately like overtime is.

The monthly pay from 6-30 June looks correct based on the stated salary. So what has happenes to your 31 May - 1 June pay? Looks like they've missed that. Seems very mean of them to wriggle out of paying you for the 2 bank holidays anyway.

And yes,annual leave has to be minimum 20 days PLUS bank holidays, i.e. 28 days total.

I see no reason why you can’t politely ask if the trial was paid or unpaid, if paid will in be in July’s salary.

I agree, put it in writing, email you manager, could you please clarify ..... was trial period .....

This is a company trying to pay the absolute minimum.