Put all salary into pension - how to calculate min wage?

[Umar]

Hi

I want to top up my pension by putting all my salary in for a few months.
My company operates salary sacrifice so it will go in gross.

I've been told the company has to pay me min wage legally.

How is the minimum per month worked out? Is it?
a) Annual, i.e. (£7.50 x hours in year) divided by 12
b) Monthly, i.e. 22 days worked in August x 7.5 hours per day x £7.50 per hour

I get a different answer for a) and b).

[bd6759]

minimum wage is calculated per hour per pay period

[Umar]

So that means calculation b? (Just checking)

[Umar]

But this sounds like a)?
https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-differe ... ual-salary

(although I understand what you mean by pay reference period i think)

[NMW expert]

The majority of salaried contracts are not recognised under NMW regulations due to the fact they do not state the actual number of hours the employee works every year. If a salaried contract states you will work XX amount of hours per week then this is not considered a salaried contract and you will be termed as unmeasured worker for the means of calculating NMW. In essence you will refer to a time base calculation where you must be paid at lease NMW/NLW for the hours worked in each pay reference period (PRP). Your employer cannot make the salary sacrifice deduction below the NMW calculation for each PRP.

[Umar]

How is the NMW calculated in the month for this purpose?