How to check your pay against your hours
Wagebook 1.1.0
Most pay mistakes are small: a missed shift, a break counted twice, an old rate. You will only catch them if you have your own record to compare with. This guide shows a simple routine, and how Wagebook lays out estimate, received, and difference for each pay period.
Keep your own record first
Write down every shift with start, end, and unpaid break, ideally the same day. A record made weeks later is guesswork. In Wagebook each shift belongs to a job, and the job knows your rate and pay schedule.
Compare the right dates
Payments cover a pay period, not a calendar month. Wagebook groups your shifts into the same periods your employer uses (weekly, fortnightly, twice a month, or monthly) so you compare like with like.
When the money arrives, record the amount in that pay period. Wagebook shows the estimate, the amount received, and the difference. If the payment is below the estimate, the shortfall is shown as a positive amount with a clear label, never as a confusing minus sign.
A gap is a question, not a verdict
Your estimate is gross pay from your own hours and rates. Real pay can differ for good reasons: tax, deductions, allowances, rounding, or a shift paid in the next period. Wagebook does not decide whether you were underpaid and does not give legal advice.
What it does give you is a list of the shifts behind the estimate, with dates and times. That makes a polite question to your employer much easier. Until you record a payment, the difference reads Unknown, so nothing looks settled before it is.
Check a pay period in Wagebook
- Open Pay and choose the pay period that the payment covers.
- Tap Record receipt and enter the amount that arrived.
- Read the estimate, received, and difference lines.
- If there is a gap, open the contributing shifts and compare them with your payslip.
Questions
Can Wagebook tell me if my employer underpaid me?
No. It shows the difference between your estimate and what you recorded as received. Whether that difference is wrong depends on tax, deductions, and rules Wagebook does not model.
Why does the difference say Unknown?
Because no payment has been recorded for that period yet. Wagebook never treats a missing payment as zero difference.
Can I compare with my payslip’s gross amount?
Your estimate is a gross figure, so compare it with the gross line on your payslip rather than the net amount in your bank.