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Top 5 reasons to check your payslip

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While the onus is on employers to pay their employees correctly, there is some responsibility on the employee to make sure that any variable payments, such as overtime or commission, are paid. There may also be agreements in place that a certain number of weeks are paid at a higher rate. Some employers also top these payments up.

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Only 57% of employees always check their payslips

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Every payslip must show an employee’s total or gross pay, their net or take-home pay, any deductions or payments, and list any variable hours that have been worked. And, if they don’t fully understand exactly what they are looking for, then they should speak to their line manager in the first instance.

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How much will I get while on workers’ compensation?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The inequity of the “two-thirds” of average earnings compensation rate was highlighted in the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws (1972) report. The Commission, chaired by John F. noted that gross pay results in inequities—uneven results for workers due to tax factors and number of dependents, concluding “.spendable

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Are wages or salary fully covered by workers’ compensation insurance?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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