An employed individual, also known as PAYE (pay as you earn) refers to a person who pays their tax and national insurance as an automatic deduction from their salaries each month. There are different types of employed status which are listed below:

 

• Permanent employee
• Typically refers to someone who is employed by a company on a permanent basis and has no end date to their employment term.
• Full time
• Typically refers to anyone working an average 9am-5pm day and/or a 40 hour work
• Part time
• Typically refers to anyone working a select amount of days and hours within a working week. Anything below a 30 hour week, or 3 days per week is referred to as part time
• Temporary Employees
• Typically refers to someone covering another persons position for a set period of time, this could be commonly covering maternity leave, paternity leave, sick leave or agency work
• Season
• Typically refers to set dates within the calendar year, such as a summer or Christmas role
• Zero Hour Contract
• Someone who is employed by a company on an hourly rate basis but is not contracted to any minimum hours within a working week. You may work 10 hours one day, but not have any hours to work the next.