Monthly Wages

[annie49]

Can anyone answer this query for me please.
My son is in employment where has always been paid on 25th of the month.
This month they have decided to move the payment date to the first of next month (they say they sent a memo out about three months ago - but he was moving house around that time and didn't get the notification)
Does anyone know if he will be entitled to an extra weeks wages in his pay since it is a week late in being paid ?. I know this may seem a silly question to some of you but we were just wondering

[mccfluff]

I doubt it, if its the same as us (25th paid) , he was being paid 3 weeks in arrears and one week in advance, now its all in arrears

[Fitzer]

I would doubt it, although he was paid on the 25th it would normally be for the month from the 1st to the end, they've simply moved it back a just under a week. For example I'm paid on the 15th of the month for the whole month so if my payday was moved to the 23rd it would make no difference to what I received.

[bert_h]

No, he probably isn't. If his pay on the last 25th is for the whole of that month, and his pay on the next-but-one 1st is for the whole of the previous month, then he'll have been paid for all the time that he has worked.

[annie49]

Thanks folks

[SirOracle]

He may wish to consider altering any largish direct debits at his bank to the 1st of the month,to minimise possibility of going into the red on his account.

[Peter Pedant]

Sir Oracle has good advice

Your lyttel idea is not recent.

In 1752 , yes readers 1752, The Julian calendar changed to the Gregorian by act of parliament and the calendar lost 12 days (went forward 12 d ). OK it cd be ten. Riots becasue the population thought the govt had shortened their lives by 12 d - but there was also a move to dock the years tax bill by 12/365 coz that tax year was shorter

That is the reason why our tax year starts on Apr 4 rather than Lady Day 25 March [ as in 1751 ] because the govt moved the tax day ten days in advance.

No all it means is that the employer gets a weeks more interest
but it is something they can only really do once

[factor-fiction]

Some employers offer some help in these situations- e.g. a short term loan. Details may have been included in the letter he didn't get. It's worth asking.

[SirOracle]

Thank you Peter Pedant. It is much appreciated by me,as I very often get fed up with giving advice (when relevant),to getting no acknowledgement whatsoever.

[tonywiltshire]

Unless your son’s contract of employment has an express term to pay wages on a set date he should accept the change in payment dates and not expects any additional remuneration. If however his contract shows a particular date he should remind his employers of this term. If no date is mentioned it is an implied condition that he will be paid wages and if the change of date causes difficulties he should speak to his employers.