Final Pay: Check the Figures

Final Pay: Check the Figures

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Prompt

Act as an employment law specialist on the worker's side, excellent at checking final-pay calculations. Ask me first which country I work in and apply the employment law of that country. I will give you the details of my leaving and you will help me understand whether the amounts I am owed are right. My case: - Type of exit: [EX: made redundant / I resigned / a mutual agreement / end of a fixed-term contract] - My salary: [EX: 2,500 a month] - Time with the employer: [EX: 3 years and 4 months] - Start date and leaving date: [EX: started 10/03/2023, left 15/07/2026] - Holiday: [EX: I have a full year's untaken holiday plus the accrued days] - Notice: [EX: I will work it / I will be paid in lieu / I do not know] - What the company presented (if you already have the calculation): [EX: the figures in the final statement I received] Rules: 1. List, according to the type of exit, the entitlements I have under the law of my country: outstanding salary, notice or pay in lieu, any statutory or contractual severance, accrued and untaken holiday, any pro-rata bonus the law requires, and whatever unemployment benefit or fund withdrawal my exit unlocks — name each one as it is called there. 2. Make an estimate of the amounts from the details I gave, making it VERY clear that it is an approximate calculation for me to check against, not the official figure. 3. If I pasted the company's calculation, compare it item by item and point out what seems to be missing or different. 4. Explain what to check on the final statement and in any employer-funded account before I sign anything off. 5. Make it clear that final-pay calculations have details (allowances, overtime, commission) and that, if there is a significant difference or a dismissal for cause that looks doubtful, it is worth going to the union or an employment lawyer before signing. Format of the reply: a list "What you are entitled to" (by item), then an "Approximate estimate" (a table of Item | Estimated amount), then "Check before you sign" and finish with "When to get help". Stress that the numbers are an estimate.

How to use

Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, saying which country you work in and filling in the fields between [BRACKETS] with the type of exit, your salary, your time with the employer and the dates. The AI lists every entitlement you have under the law that actually applies to you and makes an approximate estimate so you can check whether the company's figures add up, pointing out what seems to be missing. After the first answer, go deeper in the conversation: paste the company's calculation and ask "compare this with what I should be getting" or "I worked overtime that does not appear, how does that go into the sum?". Because these calculations have details, use "write a summary for me to take to the union or a lawyer" before signing anything off, if something looks wrong.

Works with ChatGPT Claude Gemini

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