keeping in touch days for xmas pennies

shopgirl771 · Oct 9th, 2010, 13:36 PM

im taking my 10 keeping in touch days over the next 5 weeks to give me some extra xmas spending money. bit crafty i know especially as i only live 5 mins away from work and pop in there all the time so hardly need to "keep in touch" but its available to me and will break me in gently for my proper return in feb.

scary monsters.

melorablack · Oct 10th, 2010, 02:19 AM

I'm wondering if I should ask about doing some of these too extra pennies for xmas would be great.

MrsRH · Oct 11th, 2010, 14:01 PM

make sure you do them well in advance of christmas as you may not get paid for them till month end ie after the big day!
xxx

2wantedpls · Oct 12th, 2010, 10:43 AM

With kit days do you get paid your normal rate of pay? Or like an extra smp day?

HCB · Oct 12th, 2010, 14:33 PM

The amount is dependent on what is agreed between you and your place of work but I personally would want my normal day's pay.

Hayley90 · Oct 13th, 2010, 17:26 PM

i did my kit days for this very reason!!

My work worked out the difference between my normal rate of pay and SMP, then made up the difference.

So for example -

say i earn £10 an hour. SMP works out at £2 (PURELY FOR EXAMPLE!) So, for each kit day, they paid me £8 an hour worked. so at the end of the month, i got a nice little lump sum of about £50 - £90 extra!! (i worked all 10 days, very beneficial however my mat leave was very short)

forgodssake · Oct 13th, 2010, 19:01 PM

Be careful - they dont have to pay you anymore than your SMP rate! (which is about £17 a day)

shopgirl771 · Oct 14th, 2010, 02:06 AM

I'm pretty sure I read that kit days are paid at your normal working rate. I'm sure I saw that on the direct gov website.

forgodssake · Oct 14th, 2010, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by shopgirl771

I'm pretty sure I read that kit days are paid at your normal working rate. I'm sure I saw that on the direct gov website.

It's all dependent on the arrangement made between you and your employer but the statutory minimum they must pay is SMP.

shopgirl771 · Oct 14th, 2010, 06:19 AM

opps was my contract i read that in not direct gov.

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shopgirl771 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 983	keeping in touch days for xmas pennies im taking my 10 keeping in touch days over the next 5 weeks to give me some extra xmas spending money. bit crafty i know especially as i only live 5 mins away from work and pop in there all the time so hardly need to "keep in touch" but its available to me and will break me in gently for my proper return in feb. scary monsters.

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melorablack Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Wirral Posts: 259	I'm wondering if I should ask about doing some of these too extra pennies for xmas would be great.

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Oct 11th, 2010, 14:01 PM	#3
MrsRH Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,797	make sure you do them well in advance of christmas as you may not get paid for them till month end ie after the big day! xxx

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2wantedpls Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 558	With kit days do you get paid your normal rate of pay? Or like an extra smp day?

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HCB Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Northampton Posts: 293	The amount is dependent on what is agreed between you and your place of work but I personally would want my normal day's pay.

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Oct 13th, 2010, 17:26 PM	#6
Hayley90 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,737	i did my kit days for this very reason!! My work worked out the difference between my normal rate of pay and SMP, then made up the difference. So for example - say i earn £10 an hour. SMP works out at £2 (PURELY FOR EXAMPLE!) So, for each kit day, they paid me £8 an hour worked. so at the end of the month, i got a nice little lump sum of about £50 - £90 extra!! (i worked all 10 days, very beneficial however my mat leave was very short)

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Oct 13th, 2010, 19:01 PM	#7
forgodssake Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: cloud 9 Posts: 849	Be careful - they dont have to pay you anymore than your SMP rate! (which is about £17 a day)

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Oct 14th, 2010, 02:06 AM	#8
shopgirl771 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 983	I'm pretty sure I read that kit days are paid at your normal working rate. I'm sure I saw that on the direct gov website.

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shopgirl771 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 983	opps was my contract i read that in not direct gov.

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