Calculating Salaries, Payslips, Student Loans and Pensions
The activities encourage students to become familiar with reading a payslip and calculate pay, explore loans and pensions, and identify employee benefits beyond a salary.
By the end of the activity students will will have:
• Identified the main features of a payslip, and be able to explain some key terms.
• Calculated gross and net pay accounting for a range of deductions.
• Identified employee benefits beyond salary.
50mins
Online
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Chemical sciences
Creative
Construction and built environment
Digital technologies
Energy
Financial services
Healthcare
Food and drink
Engineering and manufacturing
Life sciences
Tourism
Retail
Public sector and security services
Hospitality and catering
Education
Transport
Social care
Awareness
Secondary S1 to S3 (11-14 year old)
Secondary S4 to S6 (14-18 year old)
Not in education (16-24 year old)
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
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East Lothian
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Edinburgh (City of)
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Inverclyde
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Perth & Kinross
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South Ayrshire
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Stirling
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West Lothian