Pro rata rate different to salary scale on payslip

ArahSure

Hi all,

I'm on a short-term contract which was offered to me at a pro rata rate of ~25,000. However, I recently got my first payslip and my salary scale is down as ~19,000. Can anyone shed any light on whether there are legit reasons for this to be the case, like me not properly understanding some of the terminology or something? It just seems like a huge difference. TIA

ari101

ArahSure wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm on a short-term contract which was offered to me at a pro rata rate of ~25,000. However, I recently got my first payslip and my salary scale is down as ~19,000. Can anyone shed any light on whether there are legit reasons for this to be the case, like me not properly understanding some of the terminology or something? It just seems like a huge difference. TIA

Is the pay period what you expected, could it be a week in arrears so that you are paid for 1 week instead of 2?
Or pay week/month is not in line with calendar. E.g. pay week Fri to Thurs and you are paid for the first four days assuming you started on a Monday, or pay month 16th-15th you get paid mid month for start date to 15th.

Best just ask payroll/HR to explain the calculation of the gross if it is unclear incase there is a error.

ArahSure

Thanks for the response. I emailed HR there, but after sitting down with the calculator it looks like the 19000 is what I would get annually based on the number of days I work at the pro rata rate. I was just confused because they hade "salary scale" beside it, so thought it referred to the overall rate. Hopefully HR confirms that

ari101

Fingers crossed it is cleared up to your satisfaction!

FluffPiece

Presumably the 25,000 scale is the payscale you are on and that point is what someone working 100% full time would get gross.

You get circa 80% if you are work sharing that amount of time and there for circa 19,000k

I'd have thought your contract would have it listed as such too.