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Pay deal

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postmanpatscat2
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Pay deal

Post by postmanpatscat2 »

When do we get back pay from pay deal and how much?

Im thinking for a full timer with a modest amount of overtime worked perhaps £300 after tax?
claretandblue
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Re: Pay deal

Post by claretandblue »

postmanpatscat2 wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 09:14
When do we get back pay from pay deal and how much?

Im thinking for a full timer with a modest amount of overtime worked perhaps £300 after tax?
26th.
roadrunner bill
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Re: Pay deal

Post by roadrunner bill »

I think it's more than that.
postmanpatscat2
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Re: Pay deal

Post by postmanpatscat2 »

claretandblue wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 09:29
postmanpatscat2 wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 09:14
When do we get back pay from pay deal and how much?

Im thinking for a full timer with a modest amount of overtime worked perhaps £300 after tax?
26th.
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Hitcher
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Hitcher »

It'll be about a weeks pay.
Smoothbackground
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Smoothbackground »

It’ll be slightly more than a week’s pay. For us on 40-hr new contracts it works out to about £107 for each month since April. That means basic pay backpay of £535. It’ll obviously be more for full time legacy-contract staff. In addition, overtime performed since April will be backdated — another £160 or so. I’ve been told legacy staff receiving allowances will get those backdated too.
postmanpatscat2
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Re: Pay deal

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So about £400 after tax for the legacy staff?
Smoothbackground
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Re: Pay deal

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Yeah, maybe £500 after tax if you’ve done a bit of OT during the preceding five months.

Are weekly-paid colleagues now receiving the new rate as at this week or last week (ie just backpay to the end of August is outstanding)?
Racingpostie
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Racingpostie »

Smoothbackground wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 18:56
Yeah, maybe £500 after tax if you’ve done a bit of OT during the preceding five months.

Are weekly-paid colleagues now receiving the new rate as at this week or last week (ie just backpay to the end of August is outstanding)?
The new rate won't start until the backpay has been paid surely? If it's not synched you've a scenario where we or the employer are in front of one another.
Smoothbackground
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Re: Pay deal

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Racingpostie wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 19:06
Smoothbackground wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 18:56
Yeah, maybe £500 after tax if you’ve done a bit of OT during the preceding five months.

Are weekly-paid colleagues now receiving the new rate as at this week or last week (ie just backpay to the end of August is outstanding)?
The new rate won't start until the backpay has been paid surely? If it's not synched you've a scenario where we or the employer are in front of one another.
Ah, yes, maybe. TBH I’m not sure how it works for those on weekly pay. My fag-packet calcs equated to me being up maybe £750 in September’s pay (obv including the new rate for September itself). Whatever it ends up being after tax, I hope everyone feels the positive effect of a few extra quid. I am hoping to put mine towards a holiday and some winter sun.
datasaint
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Re: Pay deal

Post by datasaint »

Smoothbackground wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 19:31
Racingpostie wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 19:06
Smoothbackground wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 18:56
Yeah, maybe £500 after tax if you’ve done a bit of OT during the preceding five months.

Are weekly-paid colleagues now receiving the new rate as at this week or last week (ie just backpay to the end of August is outstanding)?
The new rate won't start until the backpay has been paid surely? If it's not synched you've a scenario where we or the employer are in front of one another.
Ah, yes, maybe. TBH I’m not sure how it works for those on weekly pay. My fag-packet calcs equated to me being up maybe £750 in September’s pay (obv including the new rate for September itself). Whatever it ends up being after tax, I hope everyone feels the positive effect of a few extra quid. I am hoping to put mine towards a holiday and some winter sun.
Estimate what your gross pay for the year will be in your September payslip multiply it by 0.042 = backpay.
Smoothbackground
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Smoothbackground »

datasaint wrote:
07 Sep 2025, 19:43
Estimate what your gross pay for the year will be in your September payslip multiply it by 0.042 = backpay.
Thanks, that seems a much more straightforward and direct way of doing the calculations. It equates to about the same figure I eventually reached too. Maths has never been a particularly strong point of mine…
Wullie10
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Wullie10 »

Don't forget to cancel your union fee for a bigger rise :nana its easy. Ring HR and tell them to take it off .
Mickeybrowneyes
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Mickeybrowneyes »

Wullie10 wrote:
08 Sep 2025, 07:50
Don't forget to cancel your union fee for a bigger rise :nana its easy. Ring HR and tell them to take it off .
Easy to say that to people when you clearly won't need them again.
Scotland1990
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Re: Pay deal

Post by Scotland1990 »

I’ve been off sick and used up all my pay. All I have received since April has been some holiday pay. I take it I will only get backdated pay on the holiday pay I have received and nothing else?