Lesson
We all go to work to earn money. Let's look at more vocabulary to talk about our salaries:
'gross salary' is the salary before anything is deducted for contributions and tax.
- Her gross salary is £50 000 but obviously she takes home considerably less than that.
- He earns £40 000 a year gross.
- My gross salary is around £60 000 but the net is around £48 000.
- The net salary is the gross salary minus the deductions the employer makes for contributions and tax.
- Although my gross salary seems good, after deductions, I haven't very much left.
- The details of the deductions are on your pay statement. You can see what you are paying.
- In the UK, income tax is deducted directly from your salary and paid to the state.
- In some countries, you have to complete an income tax return annually to calculate the tax to be paid.
- I don't know what the standard rate is for this type of work.
- Some people are paid on piece rate. They are paid by their output, not by the time it takes.
- Although I contribute to the state pension fund, I also pay into a private one too.
- The basic state pension is very low, too low for a decent standard of living.
- Everyone here is paid a rate that is better than the minimum wage.
- The national minimum wage varies according to age. Young people are paid less than adults.
- Equal pay for women is the law but many are still paid less than their male colleagues.
- Each year, there are many cases where women take their employer to court to fight for equal pay.
- When I work on Sundays, I am paid overtime.
- I do a lot more hours than in my contract but I don't get paid overtime.
- We usually get a bonus at Christmas depending on how well the company has done.
- Every year, usually in January, we receive a bonus. It is a discretionary bonus related to your performance.
- Working here I get paid a fixed salary and commission based on my sales.
- I get paid a commission on the deals I negotiate.
- He isn't a salaried employee, he is hourly paid.
- For everyone who is hourly paid, wages are paid weekly.
- Although my gross salary is not high for the sector, I get a lot of extra benefits.
- He has a very good benefits package including a car and private health insurance.
- The value of the company car is included in my income. It is a taxable benefit.
- Meals in the canteen, drinks and parking are generally not taxable benefits.
- When I travel, I pay for my tickets and hotels and then claim my expenses back.
- The company is very strict about expenses. We can't spend more than a certain amount on hotels or meals.
- On the 30th of the month, we hand in all our receipts for our expenses.
- When I take someone to lunch I always have to get a receipt so that I'll be reimbursed.
- It is better for the company to pay mileage than provide company cars.
- There is a fixed rate for mileage depending on the size of the car.
- The unions are preparing for the negotiations in the annual pay review.
- A lot of changes to pay grades are being considered during the pay review. When the company closed the branch, the redundancy pay was very generous.
- When I lost my job, I used my redundancy pay to set up my own company.
- When the company closed the branch, the redundancy pay was very generous.
- I have to work out two months notice before I can start my new job.
- When I left, I was paid my notice but I didn't have to work it.
- If you have a work contract, you can claim statutory sick pay from your first day of work.
- When I was ill, I claimed statutory sick pay which was much less than my salary.
- The doctor has signed me off for two weeks.
- I was off sick but the doctor didn’t sign me off until the second week.
- The doctor gave me a sick note to give to my employer.
- If you want to claim sick pay, you must see your doctor for a sick note.
- He will not be able to return to work and should now claim incapacity benefit.
- Stress has now replaced back pain as the main reason that people are unable to work and claim incapacity benefit.
- I haven't worked here long enough, so I don’t qualify for occupational sick pay.
- In some companies, occupational sick pay makes up your full salary for up to one month.
- There is no minimum period of service to qualify for statutory sick pay.
- The minimum period of service to qualify for occupational sick pay is three months.
- I have excellent fringe benefits. If I am off sick, I am on full pay for one month.
- Unfortunately I am not on full pay now as I have been off work too long.
- I can take twenty-six weeks leave with maternity pay and twenty six weeks unpaid.
- To qualify for maternity pay, I have to have worked for twenty-six weeks for my employer when I am expecting my baby.
- After twenty-six weeks working here, you can take two weeks leave with paternity pay.
- To qualify for paternity pay, leave must be taken when the child is born or very soon after.
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