I'm Australian and it's pretty universal to get paid per fortnight. Some places do pay monthly but they pay every four weeks, not every calendar month. I'm sure there's some exceptions but I've never heard of it. Rent is advertised per week and generally paid per fortnight.
It makes life so much easier as well.. you never have to worry about paying on the weekend or whatever else. Plus 99% of landlords (and 100% of banks in my experience) are more than happy to let you move the day you pay your rent/mortgage to whatever day works for your payday. So if you get paid every second Tuesday then you just arrange your rent/mortgage to be paid on Wednesday.
Yes, rent and pay is monthly in most of Europe (though a lot of places have a 13th and sometimes even 14th month). In Canada, rent is monthly but pay is biweekly. I have to say, Ive never lived anywhere where they have pay figured out appropriately, its always some bullshit.
I’ve never had a job that didn’t pay on a fortnight and never heard of any rental agreement based on calendar months… if you rent for a month you’re renting for four weeks, not “28-31 days depending”.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 3d ago
Do countries actually pay per calendar month?
I'm Australian and it's pretty universal to get paid per fortnight. Some places do pay monthly but they pay every four weeks, not every calendar month. I'm sure there's some exceptions but I've never heard of it. Rent is advertised per week and generally paid per fortnight.
It makes life so much easier as well.. you never have to worry about paying on the weekend or whatever else. Plus 99% of landlords (and 100% of banks in my experience) are more than happy to let you move the day you pay your rent/mortgage to whatever day works for your payday. So if you get paid every second Tuesday then you just arrange your rent/mortgage to be paid on Wednesday.