Chapter 3
Downloading your payslips
Where to find every payslip, what's on the PDF, and what year-to-date totals mean.
1 min readLast updated 25 May 2026
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Where to find them
My Stuff > My payslips. Every finalised pay run that includes you shows as a row with:
- Period (e.g. "1–31 July 2026")
- Payment date
- Net pay
- Download button
Payslips appear as soon as your HR admin finalises the run.
What's on the PDF
Each payslip is ERA s.8 compliant — it includes everything UK law requires plus extras:
Top — identification
- Employer name + address
- Employee name + employee number
- Period + payment date
- Tax code + NI category + NI number
Middle — payments
- Basic pay for the period
- Statutory pay if any (SMP, SSP, etc.)
- Bonus / overtime / other taxable if any
- Salary sacrifice if any (shown as a reduction before tax)
Deductions
- Income tax (PAYE)
- Employee National Insurance
- Student loan (if applicable)
- Employee pension (if enrolled)
- Other post-tax deductions (if any)
Bottom — net + YTD
- Net pay = what hits your bank
- YTD totals — taxable pay, tax, NI, pension across all finalised runs this tax year
Footer — employer contributions
- Employer NI (paid on top of your salary)
- Employer pension (paid on top)
These don't affect your net but show the full cost-of-employment.
Payment timing
The payment date is the date your employer's bank is instructed to pay you. Actual arrival depends on your bank:
- Faster Payments — same day, often within minutes
- BACS — next working day
Year-to-date (YTD)
The UK tax year runs 6 April to 5 April. YTD totals reset on 6 April. Mid-year hires start with their previous employer's YTD pre-loaded from their P45.