PAY, EXPLAINED
Make sense of your pay
Practical explanations for checking your own hours and reading the amounts on a Finnish payslip.
How to read a Finnish payslip
Check the hours behind gross pay, the deductions that reduce it, and the reimbursements that can change the amount reaching your account.
Read guide →A 12-hour weekday at €18: how the €270 example works
Follow a daily overtime example, then check the working-time, travel and agreement details that can change a real payslip.
Read guide →Record and correct a workday in WORKPAY
Enter clock times, unpaid breaks, travel and allowances, then correct a forgotten timer without duplicating hours.
Read guide →Overnight shifts: one workday, accurate clock times
Keep a shift under the day it began while preserving night and Sunday calculations. Understand WORKPAY’s company finish-time setting.
Read guide →Pay calculator
At €18/hour, a 12-hour weekday is €144 regular pay + €54 at 150% + €72 at 200% = €270 gross under this model.
Pay calculator →Checking a pay difference? Start here.
Use the same pay period and the same kind of amount on both sides. A weekly gross estimate cannot be compared directly with the net transfer to your bank.
Check the time first
Write down the actual start and finish dates, clock times and unpaid breaks. Keep travel and allowances separate. A Tuesday-to-Wednesday shift needs both dates, even when you group the whole shift under Tuesday in your diary.
Check your shift times →Compare pay codes, not just hour totals
Under our illustrative 8 / 2 / remaining-hours model, 12 paid hours at €18 give €270 gross. Payroll can show that as €216 basic pay for all 12 hours, plus €18 in 50% increases and €36 in 100% increases. Do not add another full hourly wage to those increase-only lines.
Follow the payslip example →Ask about the difference before editing a true record
Match the payroll cut-off and the applicable pay arrangement. Keep the original times. Ask which pay codes contain the day’s basic pay and increases, and whether a break or another pay period explains the difference.
Record and correct a workday →
These examples explain the arithmetic and the use of WORKPAY. They do not determine your contractual entitlement. Night, Sunday, holiday and weekly overtime rules need their own checks.