To work out the AWE for employee's paid calendar monthly.
1 Find the date of the last normal pay day before
the first day your employee is sick.
This is the last dayof the set period.
2 Count back to the payday at least eight weeks
from date
1 and come forward one day.
3 Add together all the earnings paid between the
dates in
2 and
1 (inclusive).
4 Multiply the figure in
3 by
6.
5 Divide the figure in
4 by 52 (Do not round up or down to whole pence).
The set period may not always be an exact number of weeks or
months, see
SPM10630.
First day of PIW is 12.05.09
1 Thursday 30 April 2009
2 Payday at least eight weeks back is 27 February
2009, forward one day is
28 February
3 £1999.96 (this covers the period 28
February to 30 April 2009 - 2 payments)
4 £1999.96 multiplied by 6 = £11999.76
5 £11999.76 divided by 52 =
£230.76461
