Possibly underpaid?

[fllegend]

I worked for this company between 28 July this year to 13 August. It was a telephone research company and I wasn't great at it so they hastily sacked me on the day of 13 August (that's the whole truth and I was not guilty of any misconduct or any lies during application or interviews, this is unfortunately the modern economy). I was told to leave on the day and would be paid for the week's notice as provided in the contract of employment. At the end of August I got a payslip saying the pay for my time there was £1050 gross.

Now the job was £21,000 p.a. Doing a rough calculation, there are 253 working days in 2014, so daily pay should be roughly £83. That times by the 12 working days I was there + 5 working days for notice period should be £1411 and not £1050. Was I underpaid or is there some leeway in how companies can calculate monthly pay?

Now as background info in the employment contract they said their annual leave is caculated from 1 November from one year to the next and they can deduct days over Christmas/New Year from annual leave allowance, would this have played into their calculation for my salary?

[becky2585]

Your take home pay would be £331 net per week, or £1,436 net per month.

 

Your average daily pay, assuming you worked full time, would be £66.20 net.

 

12 x £66.20 = £794.40 + £331 = £1,125.40 (net).

 

(But didn't you work 13 days?)

 

Anyway, assuming the above is correct, you should have received £1,191.60 in net wages and £66.20 in accrued holiday pay... Assuming you didn't take any holiday, as if you did, that would be deducted.

 

... But that's only a rough calculation and maths is certainly not my strong point!

[fllegend]

Sorry I need to clarify all the sums I did were in gross pay. £1050 was the gross pay I received, about £960 after deductions.

[becky2585]

Yes, but you need to work out what you received in your pocket to see if any unlawful deduction occurred...

[fllegend]

Around £960 is what I received, after dedctions of around £45 each for NI and income tax. So by your calculation I'm short by £165

[citizenkain]

they've probably docked that for "training" that's what these companies usually do if you leave early for any reason

[ericsbrother]

Ask them for their calculations as think there has been an error. Put the ball in their court to come up with the fugures before taking it further. It is better to have something from them on paper than just you telling them they have got it wrong