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You need a timesheet for each assignment i.e. if you have two assignments in one week, you need to complete two timesheets. Week commences on Monday.
Timesheets can be downloaded. You will also be provided with a fresh timesheet along with your payslip.
Make sure all fields of your timesheet are completed:
- Your name
- The client’s name and address
- Week ending date
- Hours – deducting any breaks
- Assignment Category
Once you are sure your timesheet is correct, the client or authorised signatory must approve/sign the timesheet before submitting for payment.
If you do not complete a timesheet correctly it may delay your pay.
Timesheets must then be faxed to Handle Recruitment’s accounts office on 020 7569 9388 by no later than 5pm on the Monday following the week of work.
Timesheets not received by 5pm Monday will not be processed until the following week's payroll.
TAX FORMS, TAX & NATIONAL INSURANCE
Yes. To ensure that your tax code and deductions are accurate you should supply us with a P45. Your P45 should be issued to you by your previous employer.
Your tax deduction depends on the tax code.
If you have a P45 from your previous employer you must send it to Handle immediately.
If you do not have a P45 from your previous employer Handle will provide you with a P46 to sign. You will need to declare your working status by ticking one of three statements which will determine which tax code Handle must apply. This form is then sent to HM Revenue to update your work history. They can also contact us if your tax code changes.
If you do not have a P45 and do not complete a P46 you will be placed on a basic rate tax code (BR), this means that tax will be deducted at 20% on all of your earnings. This will probably result in you paying more tax than you need to.
Further information on this subject www.hmrc.gov.uk
You can contact the accounts department at Handle and we can check your records and offer advice.
Alternatively you can contact the tax office employees' helpline on Tel: 0845 3000627. You will need to have your National Insurance number handy, as the tax office uses this as a reference number for you.
Not having a National Insurance number has no effect on the deductions made to your salary each week. Both tax and National Insurance contributions will be deducted.
The effect of not having an NI number is that the deductions made from your salary will not find their way to your National Insurance record, as your number is your unique identification. This could affect your statutory benefits. You must therefore make every effort to obtain an NI number and notify us as soon as possible. Even if you are no longer temping for us when you receive your NI number it is still in your interest to tell us.
To obtain a National Insurance number if you do not have one call the registration helpline on: 0845 9157006
Further information on this subject www.hmrc.gov.uk
PAYMENT
You need to have a UK bank account in order to be paid.
Payment is made weekly, on the Friday following the week worked. Payment is made directly into your bank or building society account via the BACS system. Payments hits your accounts on Friday or Thursday if the Friday is a Bank Holiday.
HOLIDAY PAY
Entitlement to holiday pay only applies to PAYE temps.
As part of the Working Time Regulations (1998), temporary workers are entitled to be paid annual leave as outlined below:
- 28 days annual leave per year
- Holiday pay accrues from the date of your first assignment with Handle. This is your holiday year, and you must claim holiday pay before your year runs out
- Holiday is calculated using your average earnings over the previous 12 weeks, and will therefore not be equal to your usual pay rate
- Leave cannot be carried forward from one leave year to the next
- You can only claim holiday pay for days you have accrued
- On termination of employment payment will be made in lieu of holiday pay accrued
- Please request your holiday pay by emailing your request to payroll@handle.co.uk
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILTY TO CLAIM YOUR HOLIDAY PAY
You can call the accounts department to check your holiday entitlement and also when your holiday year runs to. Tel: 020 7569 9999. Alternatively you can e-mail: payroll@handle.co.uk
LEAVING HANDLE
Call your consultant to notify him/her that you have finished working for Handle. Your consultant will notify the accounts department, who will then arrange for you to be paid any holiday pay due to you and issue you with a P45.
When you are given your P45, you will receive 3 parts. Part 1A is for you to retain for your own tax records. You must not give this to your new employer. Parts 2 & 3 must be passed on to your new employer. Description is currently collapsed. Click to expand.
