Pay Employee for Hours worked

[wowzer56]

Hi,

Am am currently midway through writing an employment contract and am interested to know if I am able to only pay the employee for the hours they work. Almost as if they are working as a contractor.

Rgds

[wales01man]

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Whats the Work?

[wowzer56]

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Hi,

Thank you for the reply. The work is a sales rep on the road.

[vanman]

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self employed or paye

[wowzer56]

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PAYE

[wales01man]

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what is the Employee expecting to be paid for Hours worked and or Commission on sales

[wowzer56]

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We're looking at 18k pro rata and commission on sales varies between products but typically 10% of value of invoiced sales

[vanman]

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We're looking at 18k pro rata

how many hours per week
if the salary is quoted at Ł18,000 pro rata (based on a full time week of 40 hours) and you are working 30 hours per week, you will be paid an annual salary of Ł13,500

[wowzer56]

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OK. Say for example, the employee is not required to work for one day of the week, would the employer still be required to pay the salary or can this be written into the contract that they are paid for work undertaken, much like a contractor?

[vanman]

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i far as i am aware if you state in the contract 40 hours per week.
and you tell them not to come in today and they have done 30
you still have to pay for 40 as per contract.

looks like you will have to offer them a Zero hour contract
https://www.gov.uk/contract-types-an...hour-contracts

[des8]

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Is it not possible then to agree a minimum number of hours weekly (say 20)?
If then he works 40 hours he is paid double, if 30 hours then 50% more.
This solution assumes he will be working some hours every week.

[wowzer56]

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I have used Zero hours contracts before. Whilst they were great for part time staff, I don't think they are quite right in this instance.

In terms of des8's response, that could be a more appropriate solution and by paying the hourly rate of 18k pro rata either party would not be losing out. Could I place a contractual cap so that the value of work would not exceed 18k, as I am not able to pay over that mark due to non-affordability?

I would not expect the employee to work less than 30 hours per week any way, it's just that sometimes appointments are cancelled or not possible and the employee would be left doing nothing. As business improves (hopefully) this should not be a problem, it's really just in the early stages.

[des8]

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I don't see why you should not be able to draft a minimum number of hours per week with a maximum per annum in the contract.
If business picks up and you require more hours per annum that would have to be renegotiated with your employee

I don't have any expertise in employment matters, so others might come along and say: "impossible!"