Your Pay

You have a responsibility to check your pay slip details. If you identify an anomaly on your pay slip you must notify Kent and Medway NHS Payroll Services quoting your employer and your full name and your assignment number.

How much salary can I sacrifice without falling below the minimum wage?

When taking out a salary sacrifice scheme you are not allowed to sacrifice your salary so that your hourly rate falls below the National Minimum Wage. Below is a spread sheet that allows staff over the age of 21 to check the amount they can sacrifice.

Minimum wage Check

How much will my salary change if I increase or decrease my hours?

KMPS has provided a spread sheet that enables you to see how your basic salary will change if you increase or decrease your contracted hours. It should be noted that the amounts the spread sheet display will not take into account any changes in % rates for Pension, Tax or NI that may occur when changing your contracted hours

Increase of decrease in hours

Overpayments

When you contact KMPS to notify them on an overpayment they will note the details and confirm in writing the details of the overpayment and make arrangements to recover the overpayment in line with your organisations overpayment policy.

The NHS does have a duty to recover public money and normally expects repayment to be made over a period and it is in your own interests to check your pay slip regularly.

Underpayments

Underpayments confirmed by KMPS will be corrected in the next pay cycle.

Kent and Medway NHS Payroll Services works hard with you, HR/Workforce Information Departments and managers to ensure all payments made to all employees are correct. However, mistakes do sometimes happen.

If you contact Kent and Medway NHS Payroll Services with a query about your salary, you may be asked to contact your manager. Kent and Medway NHS Payroll Services can only make payments based on the information held and if we do not hold it you will need to ensure that your manager completes the necessary forms to notify us of the change in circumstances.

Explaining your payslip

Below is an example of a pay slip explaining what the different areas of the pay slip mean, together with a small table of abbreviation.

Example payslip

Salary details

Visit the salary details page for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental Staff pay circulars.

Statutory Rates and Thresholds

To see what the statutory tax and NI rates, Maternity Payments, deductions for Student loans etc please visit the HMRC web site at

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-thresholds-for-employers