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Mid-contract salary change / Severence calculation

 
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Pablo



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:16 am    Post subject: Mid-contract salary change / Severence calculation Reply with quote

Hello. If a salary is amount X for 8 months and then it is re-negotiated mid-contract to amount Y for the remaining months, how should the severence be calculated? Is there a legal formula? The paper contract has not been changed and won't be changed. It's a verbal agreement. Thanks for any information.
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YTMND



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The paper contract has not been changed and won't be changed.


Then, aren't you kind of illegally taking more money for 4 months without reporting it?
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Otherside



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Severance is based on the average of your pay for the final 3 months of the contract.

In many cases overtime can bump up the severance.

EG. 2.1 mill a month/salary In final month I earn 600k overtime, that means my total for the final 3months is 6.9mill / 3 = 2.3m severance.
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Pablo



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YTMND wrote:
Then, aren't you kind of illegally taking more money for 4 months without reporting it?


Gives you a bit of a thrill, does it, YT?
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YTMND



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This type of thrill might get the thread locked. I don't see how it's any different than an E2 taking a private, and that is something moderators on here don't like.
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NYC_Gal 2.0



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If taxes and pension are being paid, it isn't illegal. The contract is protection, but getting paid more, if all of the proper fees are paid, isn't illegal at all.
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Troglodyte



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The severance has nothing to do with how much you made when you started. It is calculated solely based on how much you made in the last 3 months.

The extra money that you're being paid can be overtime payment or a travel allowance or anything else. If it's a regular payment that you get, it's used for calculating severance. Now if your boss is paying you in cash each month (as opposed to direct deposit into your bank account) then you might have a hard time proving how much you actually got paid. If it's going directly into your bank account, then you should have no problems on that account.

Do you get a pay slip each month that shows what deductions are made to your salary? tax, pension, NHI, etc.?
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Pablo



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Troglodyte wrote:
Do you get a pay slip each month that shows what deductions are made to your salary? tax, pension, NHI, etc.?


Yes, I do. I've kept them.

Thanks all for explaining. I think I get it now.


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ontheway



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YTMND wrote:
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The paper contract has not been changed and won't be changed.


Then, aren't you kind of illegally taking more money for 4 months without reporting it?



It is perfectly legal for your employer to give you a raise.

Of course, this is a contract "change" and you might want to get a revised contract, but would you really want to bug your employer for one for this? In any case, no revision is necessary nor is it required for the raise to be legal. Without a contract revision it may not be enforceable, but it's legal.

You do have to pay the increased income taxes on the based on the new amount. The Pension Office and National Health insurance office will not change their billed amounts for a small raise. They will refuse. However, the National Health office will do a revision during their annual review time when the adjust rates individually, if you stay at your school more than a year so as to qualify for an adjustment - other factors are taken into account in the adjustment as well.
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YTMND



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It is perfectly legal for your employer to give you a raise.


I didn't say it was illegal.

Quote:
If taxes and pension are being paid, it isn't illegal. The contract is protection, but getting paid more, if all of the proper fees are paid, isn't illegal at all.


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You do have to pay the increased income taxes on the based on the new amount.


And this was a given in the premise before I replied?
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NYC_Gal 2.0



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YTMND wrote:
Then, aren't you kind of illegally taking more money for 4 months without reporting it?


YTMND wrote:
I didn't say it was illegal.
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