In all employment situations, it will be necessary to identify the gross weekly payment made to an employee.
This is obviously very straightforward where the pay does not vary at all from week to week, but there are situations where employees' pay does vary from week to week. In these circumstances the law can intervene to clarify the situation.
Legislation exists relating to employees paid by piece rates, variable bonuses and commission. There is also legislation to deal with overtime working and how and when this should be included in the week's pay calculation. Shift or rota workers and employees with no normal working hours are also covered in the regulations.
The calculation of a week's pay can be relevant to a number of the other employment rights available to employees. In each case there may be a different calculation date, which forms the basis for the calculation of the week's pay.
Employees who consider that their week's pay has been wrongly calculated can apply to an Employment Tribunal for a remedy.