31 days to be paid or 29 days, If joining is from first day of the month [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I have a query, if a new employee start working from 3rd day, let say Monday. Will the employer need to pay the employee 31 days salary or only 29th days excluding the Saturday and Sunday.

And the offer letter says that the employee, need to join from first working day.. but the 1st and 2nd days are Saturday and Sunday (weekday off), so if see technically joining is not possible if these same days is kept as off days.

so, back to my question.. if the employee need to pay him the salary of 31 days or 29 days.

manpreet 2 years ago

Short answer: Normally it would be calculated on a pro rata basis.

If there are 20 working days in the month and you work the full 20 days, then you get paid that. If there are 20 working days and you commence on the third working day of the month, then you have worked 18 days of the 20 working days and are paid accordingly. The key here is working days, not how many days are actually in the month.

So in your case, if the normal working week is Monday to Friday to make 20 working days in the month of August, then your person should be paid for the entire month.

Note that your mileage may vary depending on local laws, but this is how it generally works :)