Understand Your Payslip and Hours: Legal Advice

Questioner

I am currently faced with a complicated dilemma. I have the idea that my pay slip and income are incorrect. -I have a 42-hour contract. -My pay slip says 38 hours. -My gross hourly wage 13.34 -Gross monthly salary 2204.85 -The number of hours I work per month is 167.20 Can anyone clarify how a 38 hour work week can be 167.20 (a decimal number) over a whole month? If I calculate 2204.85 / 167.20 I get 13.18 (approximately correct according to the pay slip). But I work 42 hours a week, so in January I calculate that I will work 185 hours. 2204.85 / 185 = 11.91 So the bottom line is that I don't earn 13.34 (13.18) gross, but 11.91. Can someone perhaps substantiate this for me or confirm whether the calculation is correct?

Lawyer

I can convey what the 167.20 wants to convey. Have you been working overtime? I calculated this as follows. Hours 42 x 4 weeks = 168 Hours 38 x 4 weeks = 152 Gross salary 13.34 for 38 hours = 506.92 Gross salary 13.34 for 42 hours = 560.28 About the month of January 2027,68 About the month of January 2241.12 You can appeal to all contract hours. So you don't have to take those 38 hours. A disadvantage of working under hours is that the employer is allowed to deduct the minus hours. That is why I recommend making it clear that you want to catch up on the minus hours. The employer cannot then offset these at the end of the year.

Questioner

Thank you for your response. I have not worked overtime. I work 42 hours every week as stated in my contract, but my pay slip says 38. Wages are processed monthly and, to my knowledge, not every 4 weeks. (if I'm not mistaken, a 13th month should also be paid out?) (4 weeks per month X 12 = 48 weeks, the year has 52). We do not receive this 13th month. If I calculate the exact hours worked for the month of January, I arrive at 185 hours. (January 1 to 31). 168 hours is if I'm not mistaken for 38 hours per week. (38x52 divided by 12 = 164.66) If I calculate, 42 hours x 52 weeks = 2184 divided by 12 months = 182 (Months vary from 30 to 31 days, 182 hours is the average per month over the year). According to the administration company, they can process a maximum of 38 hours on the pay slip. This is clearly not correct because the contract states 42, and I also work these hours. I actually worked 185 hours this month, I counted the hours of each working day from January 1st to January 31st. That literally brings me to 185 hours for the month of January. 185x13,14 = 2430,90 185x11,91 =2203, 35 I have the following feeling: -The pay slip shows fewer hours worked than the actual hours worked. -My hourly wage is therefore higher, although I do not receive the stated hourly wage of 13.34. 38 hours per week is 168 hours per month = 2204 at an hourly wage of 13.11 42 hours per week is 185 hours per month = 2204 at an hourly wage of 11.91 Am I seeing this wrong or is my actual hourly wage approximately 11.91?

Lawyer

It depends on whether your collective labor agreement includes a thirteenth month. For example, the collective labor agreement for drugstores includes an end-of-year bonus. You can claim 52 weeks of salary and not 48. I would be happy to make that calculation for you. Please email me using the button.

Questioner

I'll make my question a little easier. I work 42 hours a week, an average of 182 hours a month. The 42 hours per week is also stated in my contract. The administrative office or employer does the following: -Put 38 hours per week on the pay slip. -Put on the pay slip 164 hours per month based on a 38-hour work week. -increases the gross hourly wage to reach the correct agreed monthly wage of 42 hours per week. With the following result. -The pay slip shows 38 hours instead of 42. -Are there 18 hours of work missing from the pay slip every month? -It seems like I earn 13.11 gross per hour, while it is actually about 12,- gross per hour. Can an employer/administrative office legally do this? Yes/No

Lawyer

The result is that you get the right salary. You can claim the actual hours. If the administration office cannot provide that, you will have to go to court for that. You will then have to explain the reason for this.