Bi weekly - first pay day?
 

Hi

Hubby has just been taken on at work permanently. He starts with them next week officially (although has been there a while through an agancy with the agency paying him weekly).

My question is, when will he receive his first bi weekly pay? He has checked their pay run, which is due 2 weeks after he starts......is it normal for Canadian companies to pay straight away, or would he have to work 2 weeks in hand - ie. work for 4 weeks before first pay day.......

If that makes any sense? I kmow all companies are different, but just wondered how it has worked for others?

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I think it depends whether he's on salary or not. If on salary, he will probably get paid on the first pay day. If he's paid by the hour, he'll probably work two weeks and then wait another 2 weeks to get paid.

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When I first started with a bank my start date was arranged so that I began on the ofrst day of a two week period, and was paid with everyone else. :thumbup:

If he doesn't want to ask his employers outright when he'll get paid, why not say to them that he has pre authorised debits set for certain times in a pay cycle and it would be handy if they could let him know if he should maybe arrange to get them moved to later in the month ............... ;)

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Thanks.

I think he is salaried (is that a word) - he will just have to ask them. His boss is away, so he was a bit reluctan to call HR. 4 weeks is a long time to wait for 2 weeks pay! So I am hoping it will be paid two weeks after starting. It looks like they have started him at the beginning of the pay cycle, so maybe thats a good sign. Guess he will have to call HR, because we will need to do some fund juggling if we have to wait!

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i dont like getting paid bi weekly because of they way the calender works some months you get paid 3 times mostly its 2..id rather it be monthly or weekly

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Probably 2 weeks in hand, ie paid after his first two weeks, but why on earth are you asking us and not his HR department?, its what they are there for!

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I was asking to see what the norm is as it was bothering me last night.
unfortunately his HR department was not open at 10pm

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Look up the provincial employment standards. It does not matter if he is hourly paid or salary, the same rules apply. In BC employees must be paid at least 2 x per month, a pay period cannot be more that 16 days and must be paid within 8 days of the end of the pay period.

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Our payday is on a Thursday and the salary run was being paid during my first week at the company. When I started, my first wage was paid for the Monday and Tuesday only and the next salary contained a fortnight's pay + the Wednesday that was missed (presumably they use Wednesday as the cut off for calculating pay).

I guess it depends on the company but if payday is two weeks after he starts, he should get two weeks pay in two weeks.

As for the comment about contacting HR, you just keep submitting your questions on here and we'll keep answering them. No question is stupid, regardless of some people's comments that might make it seem that way.

You'll find that too many posts on this forum are responded to with some sort of critique from people that will have been in the exact same situation when they were coming to Canada for the first time. This can be really off-putting when you think you have a daft question and not sure whether to ask it. If you can ignore the negative comments and rely on members that genuinely want to help, you'll find this site really useful.

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But we cant answer it accurately... that was kind of my point...:unsure:

I do want to help. I wouldnt be a mod if I didnt. I see people here wasting their time asking the wrong question or without specifics all the time, or asking questions that they would have found the answer to in the comprehensive wiki without waiting for a reply if they had figured out how to look.

People need to appreciate that "garbage in garbage out" applies here, and there are some things we can only speculate on. We can guess what will happen, which I did in case it helps the OP, but the bottom line here is only his employer can say what will actually happen.

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I don't disagree that some posts are repetitive, lacking information or the answer exists elsewhere on the site, I've been part of that myself...but this site is here to help people with what could possibly be the biggest event in their life. Logic and clear articulation is often replaced with emotion, excitement and stress, people are looking for reassurance.

This site is no different than an information desk, there will be leaflets around you that are likely to give you your answer but usually they are complemented by a smiling face ready to help you, no matter how many times they've heard the question. Translate that analogy to your emboldend response - why on earth are you asking us... . Yes, HR would probably have the answer but this lady is canvassing opinion at 10pm at night, I would be surprised if she expects a definitive answer, just reassurance on an emotional subject.

The mods are an important part of this site but they should be there to guide us in the right way and make us feel part of this online community, not trespassers on to it.

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"My question is, when will he receive his first bi weekly pay?"

:confused:

Im happy to help posters here find their way about, but sometimes there is no answer here.

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So how about - "I think this will differ from company to company and others may have a view based on their own experience but my guess is probably 2 weeks in hand. Do you know if he has spoken to his HR department?"

Now out of the two, one response sounds rude, the other sounds empathetic. Neither give the answer but I know which i'd prefer to see.

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People keep saying things like this. BE is a community of ex-pats and any "purpose" of this site will ultimately come down to selling space to advertise to that community.

Now, providing information to people based on experience is definitely a beneficial side effect and most people will post helpful things. However people don't keep coming back to this section of BE because they are employees on some "Canada information desk" where their only purpose is to answer questions. They come here because they want to engage with people that have something in common with them - whether it's friendly chit-chat, debate or having a bit of laugh. Like every other on-line community in fact.

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Iank, what is a brain fart??!:rofl:

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