motivation in practice - pay - the legal requirements
The law affects many aspects of pay. Employers need to be aware of these requirements. Unfortunately, they change often.
You do not need to have a detailed understanding of each piece of legislation. However, it is helpful to have a working knowledge of the main legal areas, which are as follows:
Employers must:
• Pay employees in accordance with their contract of employment. The contract will cover areas such as time to be worked, amount of paid holidays, arrangements for pay reviews etc. The employment contract is the crucial legal document between an employer and employee
• Pay men and women equally for doing like work or work of equal value - in other words, not discriminate between men and women
• Ensure they meet the requirements of the Minimum Wage Act 1998 and pay at least the National Minimum Wage to eligible employees
• Not make deductions from wages without prior written agreement unless required or authorised by the employees’ contracts or by law (e.g. Income tax and National Insurance contributions)
• Give employees itemised pay statements showing: the gross amount of wages or salary; the amount and purpose of any variable or fixed deductions; net wages or salary payable; and, where the net amount is paid in different ways, the amount and method of each part payment
• Pay as appropriate, various statutory pay entitlements e.g. statutory sick pay; statutory maternity pay; redundancy pay. Various laws set out minimum payments for these entitlements.
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