These new employees are doing EXACTLY the same job as me and my other colleague and they are getting 5k more!! I am doing really well-better than the directors-they said they are impressed. What can I do about this-is it illegal? I know they obviuosly want to employ a high standard of worker-but the new guys have only done the same as what I was doing before......they needed to hire quickly but what can I do!!!??
2006-08-02 22:57:40 · 18 answers · asked by soggyflipflopbrain 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The labour market is like any other market - it is priced on supply and demand. If your firm was desperate for new employees, they may well have found it necessary to offer more to attract the right kind of people.
Don't bleat about it - it is not illegal, just an economic fact. However, you can DO something about it - work harder and more reliably to show your employers your worth. Once you have established that, it will be the proper time to consider approaching your employers for a raise. It is a sad fact, but you (and your colleague) will have to out-perform the new guys just to justify your retention in the Company.
2006-08-06 13:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure or is this just office gossip? If you are sure, you could have a legal claim against your employer for breach of the Equal Pay Act, but you would have to act quickly - within 3 months of the time that you discovered the wrong done (See link a):
1. Write a formal letter setting out your grevaince. They will have 1 month to reply to your questions. If the don't this will assist your case.
2. After you have a reply from them, only then can you contact a solicitor or other agency (b)for assistance in making a tribunal claim. You will be in a better position then to know whether this is something you want to persue.
It might be prudent to ask your employer to review your pay first. Maybe you were overlooked by accident. No company can be so foolish as to expose itself to a legal action so straighforward.
2006-08-03 10:35:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
complain to your other workmates. gel ideas in your heads for payback. approach the management as a single unit and demand the same wages as the new starts. its illegal to drop wages once a contract is signed so they can either increase your wages or lay you off. if the new starts are with an agency the company is paying out even more for the new starts but realise this you must be in a very specialised industry with a high turn over of employees or else the company wouldnt ok such a high wage hike. its a huge gamble to undertake tred carefully. i had a new start in a company i worked for who was a convicted car thief was getting more money than me, my boss went to the management and i got a pay increase to his wages for the same work that i had done long before him.
2006-08-03 17:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it illegal that one employer offers their employees more money? Umm long and short of it, of course not! Why would/ should it be?! Unfair on your part yes, but thats life, some employers just pay more. End of story.
Put it this way. A player for arsenal football club and a player for scunthorpe. Doing exactly the same job. HUGE wage difference. Not Illegal, happens all the time
2006-08-03 07:53:58 · answer #4 · answered by Master Mevans 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT'S exactly how tens of thousands of people feel after putting sometimes years of service into a company to get to the pay wage they are at and the government raises minimum wage up so now the person off the street makes what they do.
2006-08-03 07:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by DS143 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can establish you are subject to discrimination because you possess one of the attributes which the law recognises as being grounds for discrimination AND that is the reason why you are being discriminated against then you MAY have a case. Examples would be sex, race or disability. Otherwise the law won't help. Join a trade union.
2006-08-03 07:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by Hal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi that happened to me, someone was employed doing the same job as me and my colleagues and she is paid 4k more than me when i asked my manager about it she said that they have to pay the current rate for new employees or no-one else would be interested and the best way to raise my income to the current wage would be to go to another company thanks a heap that's what I've got to say!
2006-08-03 06:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by bloomfield_83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this happened to me once - they kept promising to sort out my money 'but it wasn't a good time for company' blah blah blah rubbish rubbish. The cheek of it is you will probably end up 'training' these people to do your job...which they get more money for, ask why this has happened, tell them you want the situation rectified, if they fob you off, find another job and tell em to shove it! don't fall for their 'we value you/you do a great job' crap - if they did, they would pay you the right amount of money.
I told the company i worked for that i would leave if they didn't sort it out - they never did, I handed my notice in and they were stunned i'd actaully leave their 'wonderful' company. Funny!!!
Jobs aren't for life. Go somewhere else.
2006-08-03 06:13:03 · answer #8 · answered by dave1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your manager what extra skill-sets you need to be brought up to their level. They may have more qualifications than you and/or maybe more experienced either in a similar role or they could be bringing in new process and procedures from another business that are going to enhance your current ones.
Either way, ask your manager what else you need to do so your salary is competitive with theirs.
2006-08-03 06:05:12 · answer #9 · answered by Pete Sweet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they discriminated you base on race, age, sex, etc., then you have a case. Have you check the new employees resumes--maybe it better than yours. Thus, they were paid more. Find a new job with higher paid if you are unhappy.
2006-08-03 08:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋