Backdated Promotion with Payroll Frequency Change from Weekly to Fortnightly

Summary:

An employee was originally paid through the weekly payroll at €768.55 per week. The employee subsequently received a retrospective promotion including payroll frequency change, and was transferred from the weekly payroll to the fortnightly payroll at a new rate of €1,756.77 per fortnight.

Before the promotion was processed, the employee had already received payment for three weekly payroll periods, totalling €2,305.65. The expected outcome was for payroll to recalculate the employee’s earnings from the retrospective promotion effective date using the new fortnightly rate. The recalculated amount for two fortnightly periods was expected to be €3,513.54, resulting in a retroactive adjustment of €1,207.89 after deducting the amount previously paid.