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SAJ can label a correction or adjustment to staff salary. It may reflect a retrospective pay rise, a missed payment or a reversal. A positive amount and a negative amount have different effects.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Staff salary adjustment alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
A $50-per-period raise backdated across three already paid periods produces a $150 catch-up amount before other adjustments.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Ask for the original and corrected rate and the periods included. Check that the ongoing base rate has also changed.
Compare related entries
Read the earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.