To find out how many hours you should work in a month where you are contracted for 30 hours but starting partway through the month, you can follow these steps:
- Determine the total number of days in the month: In this case, the month has 31 days.
- Identify the days you will be working: Since you are starting on the 16th, you will work from the 16th to the 31st, which is a total of 16 days.
- Calculate the daily work rate: To find out how many hours you work per day, divide the total contracted hours by the total days in the month.
Daily Work Rate = Total Contracted Hours / Total Days = 30 hours / 31 days
Daily Work Rate = 0.96774 hours per day(approximately). - Calculate the prorated hours: Now, multiply the daily work rate by the number of days you will be working.
Prorated Hours = Daily Work Rate x Working Days
Prorated Hours = 0.96774 hours/day x 16 days = 15.484 hours. - Round if necessary: Depending on your workplace policy, you may want to round this figure. You could round it to 15.5 hours or 15 hours, depending on whether you round down or up.
So, for the 30 hours contracted per month, if you start on the 16th of a 31-day month, you should work approximately 15.5 hours for that month.