Getting pay right

Level – Developing

Overview

Employers must ensure workers are paid correctly in accordance with the law. Breach of contract and unlawful deduction claims can be costly. 

By getting pay wrong you risk:

• grievances
• demotivated employees
• potential fines
• legal claims

This training will make sure you are up to date with the latest legislation and good practice. It will help you understand the rules around pay and deductions and ensure your approach is both compliant and fair.

Who is this best suited to?

Developing level courses will help you build skills and gain a working knowledge of everyday employment principles and procedures. This training is aimed at people with basic knowledge or experience in the topic, but this is not essential.

Having a general understanding of wages and pay will help you get the most out of the event.

This training would be especially suitable for:

• HR professionals
• line managers
• business owners

What will I learn from this training?

• the law and good practice on pay
• deductions and when they can be lawfully made
• statutory rights to payment, including sick pay, National Minimum Wage and holiday pay
• payslips – what they must include
• bonuses, commission and tips
• responding to pay queries

By the end of this training attendees will be able to:

• apply the main legislation relating to pay
• identify deductions which can lawfully be made
• apply good practice in making deductions
• explain the law relating to additional payments such as bonuses, commission and tips

Key course information

Trainer led – online via Zoom

Duration - 3 hours/half day

The training session will include:

• case studies
• polls/quizzes
• group discussion

Attendees will also receive:

• a digital certificate
• a handout containing useful links
• a copy of the PowerPoint slides 

We aim to make our training accessible for everyone. If you have specific accessibility needs, please let us know on your sign-up form.

Closed captions can be turned on for all our sessions run on Zoom.

Run this programme for your organisation

Organisations often book a number of people on our training courses at the same time. We encourage this as it can help share the learning amongst your teams. 
 
We provide in-company training on the following topics:

• Behaviours at work: understanding the unacceptable
• Certificate in Internal Workplace Mediation
• Conducting investigations
• Equality, diversity and inclusion: the essentials
• Having difficult conversations
• Management training for new managers
• Management training for developing managers
• Managing discipline and grievance
• Mental health in the workplace: skills for managers
• The role of employee representatives

Contact our Customer Services Team if you would like to discuss this further.

Does your organisation need more than training?