Checking your payslip every month, is it really useful? This is not only useful but more than necessary. There is a very long list of clumsiness frequently encountered on payslips. Its mistakes are unfortunately more common than you might imagine. A third of employees say they have noticed an inaccuracy on their payslip during the last 12 months. This is what emerges from a IFOP study conducted in 2015 on this subject. There is therefore a good chance that you will be affected by this problem. You have three years to claim your money. In situations where a fault in the writing your payslip has resulted in non-payment of amounts owed to you.

Check your payslip starting with the most frequent errors

Here are some mistakes that you are likely to see on your payslip. Each of his mistakes constitutes a shortfall. A loss of money which can be considerable in some cases. If your seniority has not been taken into account for 10 years. I let you imagine the amount of money lost. Not to mention when the time comes, the calculation of your retirement pension. Which will be based on fancy payslips. Some companies don't even respect collective agreements in force.

Some examples of widespread misconduct

  • Incorrect overtime numbers
  • Incorrect calculation of the number of days of leave
  • Overestimation of total contributions
  • Your seniority is not taken into account in the calculation of your salary
  • Forgetting to reimburse expense reports
  • Collective agreement not applied
  • Absence for unspecified sick leave

List of points to be considered in particular

1)      General information

  • Name and address of your employer
  • NAF or APE code
  • Designation of the body which collects social security contributions from your employer and the number under which its payments are made
  • Applicable collective agreement or reminder of the provisions of the labor code, concerning the duration of paid leave and the duration of the notice periods in the event of termination of the employment contract
  • Presence of paid leave counter, RTT, compensatory night rest ...
  • Annotation encouraging you to keep your payslip indefinitely

2)      The elements for calculating your salary

  • Your Name and the position you hold
  • Position reached in the hierarchy with regard to the conventional classification (M1, M2, OS5), and mention of the coefficient
  • Your seniority
  • Amount of your gross salary
  • Date and number of hours worked to which this salary relates
  • Salary payment date
  • Distinction between hours paid at the normal rate and those increased with mention of the rate applied for each group (night hours, overtime, Sunday, public holidays)
  • Type and amount of all supplements to gross salary (Find out what exactly you are entitled to)
  • Amount of transport allowance
  • Type and amount of salary supplements subject to employee and employer contributions
  • Type and amount of social security contributions
  • Type and amount of all deductions made from your remuneration (be careful in particular if you are on sick leave or have an accident at work)
  • Dates of your holidays and amount of your compensation during this period
  • Amount and rate of the withholding tax concerning you and information on the amount due before and after the withdrawal
  • Amount actually received by the employee after all the calculations

Information that must in no case appear on your payslip

It is illegal to give you a payslip showing your participation in a strike. We cannot refer to your union mandate either. And more generally to any information infringing the rights of individuals and individual or collective freedoms.