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I wonder if someone could confirm a salary question for me. I have recently taken on two employees which is all very new to me. I have agreed a basic guaranteed salary of 40 hours with overtime above 40 hours. They work a variety of hours sometimes lots, sometimes less, sometimes not at all. My question involves filling in the timesheets. For example - Monday - no work Tuesday - no work Wednesday - 12 hours Thursday - 10 hours Friday - no work.
Looking at the above example they have only worked 22 hours for the week. So I will pay them for a 40 hour week.
A friend of mine said that they should put 8 hours as a basic for the days that work was not available. This would then put their hours to 46. Meaning I would have to pay 6 hours overtime. I am right in putting hours upto 40 or should they put down 8 hours when work is not available. I thought as I was still giving 40 hours for the week then this would be ok. I would be grateful for any confirmation.