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Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

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Gold Fox
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Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by Gold Fox »

Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
freelunch
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by freelunch »

The majority of the workforce, myself included, are against being paid monthly.
RM would prefer to move us away from weekly,
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deltaforce
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by deltaforce »

Change for change sake. If it works why try and fix it? Changing from weekly to monthly causes cash flow problems for many leading to taking out pay day loans from high St loan sharks.
rubberbond
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by rubberbond »

Gold Fox wrote:Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
When you become a manager.
arnold cheshire
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by arnold cheshire »

Gold Fox wrote:Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
why would you want monthly pay ?
rusty nails
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by rusty nails »

While we are paid weekly if our OT is incorrect it takes a couple of weeks to get the correct amount paid (sometimes more, as is happening to me currently). If we got switched to monthly pay the OT underpayments would drag on for months, and with some people doing 30, 40 hours a month OT management can easily keep shafting them of a few hours hoping they won't notice....

(On a side note it would break the maximum legal time to be paid for work done (a month or so?) and therefore RM would break employment laws by dragging week A's OT over 3 or 4 months)
Dozen
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by Dozen »

I've done jobs in the past where I was paid monthly. I'll take weekly pay over monthly any time.
jimmynailsalive
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by jimmynailsalive »

It's hard enough trying to keep on top of any overtime your DOM has forgotten to put through on a weekly basis so not a hope anyone would wish to be paid monthly by RM.
westham000
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by westham000 »

What advantage is their to being paid monthly?
Deadly
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by Deadly »

Probably a cost saving to the employer with monthly pay. I wouldn't be at all surprised if monthly pay is buried in a future agreement.
cazspence
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by cazspence »

Gold Fox wrote:Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
Never! Hopefully. I don't know one person that would want monthy pay over weekly. Monthy pay gets too many people into debts they can't afford.
Sbutts8182
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by Sbutts8182 »

Gold Fox wrote:Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
It's hard enough working out if the DOM's ripped us off on OT on a weekly basis, monthly would be one big cluster&£@/
sophie97
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by sophie97 »

Its easier for an employer to have monthly pay, almost 4 times less admin.....

the is no benefit for employees to be on monthly, weekly is so much better
Bahia Feliz
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by Bahia Feliz »

Gold Fox wrote:Weekly pay is old fashioned , when will we get monthly salary?
Why don't you just check your bank account once a month,it will seem like you are on monthly pay :nana
fishtank
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Re: Old fashoned weekly pay / wages

Post by fishtank »

sophie97 wrote:Its easier for an employer to have monthly pay, almost 4 times less admin.....
Maybe in the old days but most of payroll is automated now, It would save on payslips but that's about it.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share