Editorial policy

Editorial independence

MyPayRights's editorial content — calculators, guides, legal summaries, and statutory rate tables — is produced and maintained independently of any commercial relationship. Specifically:

• Advertising and sponsorship relationships (including Google AdSense display advertising) have no influence on the calculation logic, legal summaries, or rate data on this site.
• We do not accept payment to alter, favour, or suppress any statutory rate, legal interpretation, or calculator output.
• We do not have commercial relationships with law firms, payroll providers, HR software companies, or recruitment agencies that would create a conflict of interest in our content.
• Where we link to external services, these are editorial recommendations based on their relevance and authority — not paid placements unless explicitly labelled as such.

Accuracy standards

Every statutory figure published on MyPayRights must meet the following standards before publication:

• Traced to a primary government source (GOV.UK, DOL.gov, legislation.gov.au, canada.ca, fairwork.gov.au, or equivalent official publication)
• Cross-checked against at least one secondary statutory source (e.g. HMRC technical manuals, ACAS guidance, Explanatory Notes to legislation)
• Tested in the relevant calculator to confirm the logic produces the correct statutory output for known reference cases
• Dated with the effective date of the rate or rule change, not the date of publication

We do not publish employment law content that relies on secondary aggregators, payroll vendor documentation, or AI-generated text as a sole source. AI tools may be used to assist with drafting, but all legal claims and statutory figures are verified against primary sources before publication.

Scope of content

MyPayRights publishes:

• Statutory rate calculators — tools that apply the relevant law to user inputs to produce an estimate of statutory minimum entitlements
• Explanatory guides — plain-English explanations of employment law concepts, processes, and rights
• Jurisdiction-specific reference pages — state, provincial, or country-level summaries of employment law rules

MyPayRights does not publish:

• Legal advice — all content is general information and must not be relied on as legal advice for specific situations
• Tax advice — tax treatment of payments is described at a general level; individual circumstances vary
• Investment or financial advice — we are not regulated by the FCA (UK), SEC (US), or equivalent bodies
• Predictions or forecasts about future legislative changes

Content review and update cycle

Calculator rates and legal summaries are reviewed on a structured cycle aligned to legislative change dates (detailed in our methodology page). In addition:

• Guide content is reviewed annually, or sooner following any relevant court judgment, tribunal decision, or statutory instrument
• The verified date shown on each calculator and guide reflects when that content was last checked against its primary sources — not when it was originally published
• Content that is out-of-date but not yet reviewed carries a visible warning

Corrections policy

We correct errors promptly and transparently. Our process:

1. Report errors to [email protected] — include the page URL, the figure or statement you believe is wrong, and your source if you have one.
2. All reports are acknowledged within one working day.
3. We verify the reported error against the primary source. If confirmed, the correction is published within two working days.
4. For material errors (a statutory rate that is wrong by more than a trivial margin, or a legal statement that is substantively incorrect), we add a correction note to the page and update the verified date.
5. We do not silently correct errors — changes to statutory figures and legal statements are recorded in the site's version history.

Who produces this content

MyPayRights was founded by Jaspal Singh, a software engineer with a background in building employment and HR tools. All calculator logic and legal summaries are reviewed by Jaspal before publication.

We are actively seeking a named legal reviewer — a qualified employment solicitor or MCIPD-certified HR professional — to provide independent review of our legal summaries. When this review arrangement is in place, the reviewer's name and qualification will be displayed on the pages they have reviewed.

Until a formal legal reviewer is in place, all legal summaries are cross-checked against primary sources as described above and carry a disclaimer that they are general information, not legal advice.

Complaints

If you believe content on MyPayRights is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise fails to meet the standards described in this policy, contact us at [email protected]. We will investigate and respond within five working days.