How is a pro rata salary calculated?
Your pay is calculated based on the number of hours your work per week or the number of weeks you work per year.
How is my pay calculated if I start part way through a month?
Your pay is calculated based on the date you started work and the number of days in the month.
For example, if your annual salary is £12,000 then your full monthly salary before tax etc. would be £1,000. However, if you started work on 15th of January then you would only be due seventeen days pay for the period 15th -31st January.
Your first month's pay in this example would be calculated as £1,000 divided by 31 days in January multiplied by 17 days in employment = £548.39.
(Please note that your salary is NOT calculated on the number of hours you work multiplied by your hourly rate.)
How is my pay calculated if I finish work part way through a month?
Your pay is calculated based on the date you finished work and the number of days in the month.
For example, if your annual salary was £12,000 then your full monthly salary before tax etc. would be £1,000. However, if you finished work on 6th March then you would only be due six days pay for the period 1st - 6th March.
Your final month's pay in this example would be calculated as £1000 divided by 31 days in March multiplied by 6 days worked = £193.55.
(Please note that your salary is NOT calculated on the number of hours you work multiplied by your hourly rate.)
What does L.W.O.P stand for?
It means leave without pay. There are several reasons for this deduction:
- Occupational maternity/paternity/adoption pay has ended
- Sickness entitlement to full and half pay has ended
- Leave for personal reasons e.g. extended holidays, funeral etc. and the leave has been taken without pay.