How is UHG handling the 27 paychecks in 2026 for salaried employees?
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@we the pay period for a paycheck delivered 1/2/26 was 12/14/25 to 12/27/25. There isn’t extra pay for 2026, the wages/salary for the last full pay period of 2025 were paid in 2026. Yes, the date paid will look that way and it will show as 2026 earnings for tax purposes, but those are funds earned in 2025. Anyone who may have happened to start with the company after 12/27/25 did not receive a paycheck on 1/2/26.
Company pay periods in the U.S. always start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday.
Our first paycheck of 2026 was issued on 1/2/2026 and although the time was worked in 2025 it counted a the first paycheck of 2026. I assume that's what will happen at the end of 2026 as well.
@rt UHC would never give out anything extra so they are taking that week from somewhere.
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Still the same on a per hour, per day, per week basis. Hard for me to think of it as generous or an increase in any real sense at all. The only reason there are 27 paychecks is because payday falls on 1/1/27 and since that is a holiday it goes to previous day of 12/31/26. I would feel ripped off if I was at Elevance.
So I guess all salaried employees are effectively getting a 3.5% raise for just 2026. Seems very generous. Unbelievably generous.
Ha, you must not work here if you think they communicate clearly (consider how 401k cut was announced). Anyway, have not seen anything to indicate UHG is doing what Elevance is doing. My January paychecks are same amount as December's.
So that’s one response that paychecks are adjusted down for the extra pay period in 2026. And one response that paychecks aren’t adjusted down for the extra pay period in 2026. Which is it? They must have communicated clearly how they’re handling this for salaried employees? Thanks!
I can see my first 2 2026 paychecks and they are not adjusted for the 27 week thing.
Thank you, so they’re dividing your annual salary by 27, so all else being equal, each paycheck is a little smaller in 2026 but you get an extra check, so annual salary remains the same? That is what Elevance is doing too. I’m sure that’s what almost all large for-profit companies in this situation are doing.
Paychecks will be a bit less throughout the year to make up the extra week.
@OP No taxes were withheld from the final paycheck of the year the last time this happened.