New right on payslips


From 6 April, the statutory right to receive an itemised payslip was extended to all workers, including those under casual or zero hours contracts. 


The following details must be included in pay slips:


• gross wages or salary;


• the amounts of any deductions and what they for; 


• net wages or salary payable; 


• for any part that varies according to time worked, the total hours worked and the rate of pay, either as a single aggregate figure or separately for each type of work or rate of pay; and


• if paid in parts, the amount and payment method for each part.


A worker who thinks that they have not received a payslip, or that the payslip they have received lacks the required information, may bring a claim at the tribunal.


There are some limited exclusions from the right to receive a payslip, such as for members of the armed forces or merchant seamen and women.


The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has produced a guide to the new right accompanied by a number of explanatory examples.


https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/794900/payslips-legislation-april-2019-additional-info-on-payslips.pdf