Originally Posted by
JandM
INZ regards any job as full-time if it is for 30 hours per week or above, so there is no problem for you on your 37.5 hours
About the link you've found - 1) that is about the Essential Skills Visa, not residence under SMC, and you always need to make certain you are looking at regulations for the correct visa, because they vary, and 2) this
is just an EXAMPLE, saying IF a worker is getting $55,000 dollars a year for 40 hours' work per week, then IN THAT CASE, the hourly rate would be worked out by dividing the $55,000 by 52 then by 40. (If he got that money for working some different number of hours a week, then they would divide by that number instead of the 40.)
The calculation of the hourly rate is affected by the number of hours stipulated in the contract. So the calculation might be 52000/52/40 , or 52000/52/37.5, or 52000/52/30 or more. The allowance does not form part of the salary or calculations.
So in your case, 52000/52/37.5 = $26.44 per hour as J and M calculates.
So that's above the skilled threshold of $24.29 an hour