What is the actual amount that will be paid?
The ‘Net Pay’ amount is the value that will enter an employee’s account upon payday.
What does retroactive mean?
If the payments section has an item with ‘Retroactive’ in the name it refers to a back dated calculation from a previous month.
What does this acronym or phrase mean?
We've put together a glossary of terms and acronyms at the bottom of this document. Click here to go straight to it.
What does each element of my payslip mean?
Please see the image below explaining each of the elements on a payslip. Please note that you may only have one assignment.
Glossary of Terms
Organisations and Councils LCC - Leicestershire County Council ESPO - Eastern Shire Purchasing Organisation NCC - Nottingham City Council TRCH - Theatre Royal Concert Hall OWBC - Oadby Wigston Borough Council NCH - Nottingham City Homes NHS - National Health Service EP - Elections Payroll
| Pay Terminology
OSP - Occupational Sick Pay SSP - Statutory Sick Pay OMP - Occupational Maternity Pay SMP - Statutory Maternity Pay OAP - Occupational Adoption Pay SAP - Statutory Adoption Pay OPP - Occupational Paternity Pay SPP - Statutory Paternity Pay |
Teachers and Education Supply Teacher OT PLU - Over Time Plus Supply Teacher PS - Personal Sickness Supply Teachers PS PLU - Personal Sickness Plus Supply Teacher SF - School Funded Supply Teacher SF PLU -School Funded Plus TPA - Teachers Pensions Association SEN - Special Educational Needs | Other (A-I) ASPE - Association for Public Service Excellence BECTU - Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union CARE - Career Average Revalued Earnings CIR - Calculation Information Repository CMSDEO - Child Maintenance Service Deduction from Earning Order CT - Social Activities ESA - Employment and Support Allowance GMB - General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union HSA - Health Savings Account incl hol - including holiday |
Other (K-W) KIT - Keeping In Touch LHO - Leicestershire Highways Officer LG - Local Government LG APC - Local Government Added Pension Contribution LG SCAPC - Local Government Shared Cost Added Pension Contribution MS - Market Supplement Pct - Percent PI - Pension Indicator PILON - Payment In Lieu Of Notice PRU AVC - Prudential Additional Voluntary Contributions PRU AVC LG - Prudential Additional Voluntary Contributions Local Government PSC - Person with Significant Control Resp - Responsibility ShPL - Shared Parental Leave SPLIT - Shared Parental Leave In Touch TUPE - Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) UNITE - Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union WPC - Workplace Parking City | Terminology Explanation Descriptions below are overviews for all organisations we make payments for; for more specific guidance, please consult your local intranet or search the emss.org.uk/support knowledgebase. Callout - Payment for being called out to an incident or event Childcare Vouchers - Staff benefit scheme for childcare for working parents. Please see the relevant intranet page for further information Cycle2Work/Travel2Work - Council benefits for staff commuting to the office - please see the relevant intranet page for further information First Aid - Payment for Employees who have undertaken Organisation led First Aid training and are now a dedicated 'go to' in first aid for their team/department/building Overtime - Payment for extra hours worked (on top of the original hours contracted) Salary Sacrifice - Also called MoreTime, a ‘salary sacrifice agreement’, involves voluntarily give up a portion of your gross salary to be provided with services and benefits provided as part of the agreement Sickness - Employees are eligible for Sick Pay according to their contract type and length of service, this would be specific to the employee but, if an employee takes a day off in sickness (depending on the sickness criteria) they would see an adjustment in their sick pay on their payslip. For more details, view your organisations sickness policy Standby - Payment for being ready to be called out to and incident or event |
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