Employment Law Snapshots – Itemised Payslips for Workers

From 6 April 2019, the statutory right to an itemised payslip (currently only applicable to employees) will extend to workers.

As part of the government’s increased support of workers, it has introduced new rules about payslips which come into effect for pay periods which start on or after 6 April 2019. The key changes are:

1. All workers (as well as employees, but excluding members of the armed forces or merchant seaman and women) will have a statutory right to receive an itemised payslip which contains correct information.
2. Where a member of staff’s pay varies according to time worked, employers will be required to include additional information on the itemised payslip covering the total number of hours worked for which variable pay is received. The hours worked can be shown either as an aggregate total or as separate figures for different rates of pay or different types of work.

Employers who fail to comply with the new rules could face an Employment Tribunal claim. If the Employment Tribunal finds in favour of the employee/worker it must make a declaration (which it can publish on its website) stating that the employer did not provide an itemised payslip or that the payslip did not have all of the relevant information. The Employment Tribunal can also make an order requiring the employer to repay any deductions which were not notified to staff members in the 13 weeks preceding the presentation of the claim.

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(Note: This article was written by our Employment Senior Associate Adish Parr and Paralegal Alex Caldwell. Nothing in this article constitutes as legal advice and the above is provided for informational purposes only.)