My brother-in-law got paid today (2007) for his last week he worked in December of 2006. His employer put on his paytub something about end of year (2006) earnings. Which included this paycheck he got today. If this is suppose to be for 2007, where can I read (forum, website, etc) Anywhere I can print out proof that it should not reflect the 2006 year but reflect the 2007 year. Someone please help me as soon as possible. Thank you.
Pay period is Dec 24 to dec 30. Dated the check for dec 29th. Now how can you date a check a day before you have actually worked??
The pay period for the week before was 12/17/06 -12/23/06 pay date 12/29/06. They made the payperiod end on the 29th.
They made the check date and the pay period end same time so she could make it 2006 income.
Actually for my sister & her husband it does matter because if it is counted for 2006, then it shows he got 6 paychecks instead of 5. Then they loose there medical benefits for their 4 kids. Her husband does not have any type of insurance at work. There kids meds cost almost a total of $1000/mo. He only works construction so they don't have the money.
The following reply is by : LongSnapper :
Typically, when you begin a job, the employer will hold your pay a week.
If you think about it, it makes sense. You work in week one, and during week two, the time clock (or whatever) is calculated, the check is printed, and you receive the paycheck on the friday of week two.
Then you work during week two, and during week three the pay check if processed, and so on and so on.
So from this, take a look at the last week of the year. You work it, but the paycheck is not processed until the first week of the following year, and on the first friday of the year, you receive a paycheck for the previous week's work, and in this case, it's the last week of the previous year.
How confusing was that?
But whenever you receive a paycheck, it's always for the previous week's work.
It doesn't matter when you receive the check. There's always dates on the check that indicate the week when the work was performed, and also the date when the check was issued.
The check he received in the first week of 2007 will always reflect the work performed during the last week of 2006. It's been like that since he's worked there!
The paycheck always represents pay for work performed the previous week.