Nhs bank

[Bonbon98]

hi just looking for some advice within the nhs bank sector as I’m fairly new to the job and don’t want to get the person in trouble but when it comes to releasing shifts a colleague told me she releases only a couple a week so she doesn’t have to pay as much tax on it , is this legal because I really feel like it isn’t and don’t want to end up getting her in trouble or myself if i follow these tips , thanks in advance for any advice

Can you explain what you mean here ?

FYI Bank shifts are finalised by management not the bank workers

Don’t understand? I’m an nhs bank nurse employed by a community trust. The rota is managed by our manager and the hours we work are sent to pay roll.

Sorry that you couldn’t understand what I meant , I’m my colleagues words she said she ‘ only releases 2 shifts a week to be paid from them so she doesn’t get taxed then will release the others a different time ‘ she does bank and regular staff work

I don’t think you are in control. If you’re working six shifts doesn’t the place you work just log them, and you get paid. You can’t choose to only be paid for two of them.
its your job to put the extra money in a savings account to be used the weeks you don’t work, not the Staff Bank and payroll to hold the money back

if you don’t work enough you don’t get NI credit, towards state pensions, so working too few hours sounds bonkers
i think your mate is not telling the truth, or else misunderstands totally what is happening.

I was just trying to clarify if this is ok to do , so she said she only releases a few of the shifts she’s worked to be paid for them not all of them she has done in a week

So when the timesheets are authorised she won’t release them for payments till the following week to claim she doesn’t get taxed by claiming them all in one week if that makes sense

May I add this also isn’t her main job she also has another job so only does a couple bank shifts

So she doesn't declare the shifts she has completed on her time sheet? She holds some back until the next payroll assessment? If that is what you mean my daughter (nurse) says you are supposed to declare bank shifts for the payroll session they are completed in.

Tax and NI and pension payments are all based on annual earnings, April to March, so it willl all be sorted at the end of the tax year. So different amounts each week really make no odds.
but I still don’t think you can say don’t pay me this week, save it until Easter week when I am not working

i have two jobs and my tax code is wrong, but I will get a rebate sometime after April when HMRC sort it out. Annual taxes.

Yes this is correct that’s exactly what I was trying to say so she definitely should not be doing that then?

I understand what you mean. You release the shift that you want to get paid the following Friday. Its fine to do I do it all the time. You'll have to release them all at some point. It's based on annual earnings anyway.

If you weren't 'allowed' to do it, they wouldn't give you the option of releasing when you want

You need to let this go, it really hasn't got anything to do with you. As others have said, there's no way to hide from the taxman under PAYE so she might feel like she pays less tax this way, but it's definitely not the case. Your tax code for bank will be BR regardless if she also holds a substantive post and uses her tax allowance up in that role.

It does sound like a strange system though! I finalise all bank shifts in my area daily, for weekly payment - it's totally separate from your main wage.

If she's on universal credit she won't want to have big lump sum payments as it will affect her benefits, it would be better for her to spread her pay as evenly as possy.

From HMRC "For each assessment period your Universal Credit is adjusted to take your wages into account.

If you earn less in an assessment period, your Universal Credit will usually increase.

If you earn more, your Universal Credit will usually reduce.

If the amount you earn in an assessment period rises above a certain amount, your Universal Credit will stop."

I don't think she's doing anything wrong. You can't really avoid tax when you work for the NHS but spreading her payments for bank shifts could help her maximise universal credit payments.

Ahh excellent point - that would make sense!