is there a law against a company who pays certain employees more to start than others who's been there.?

Question

I would like to know how should I address an issue about my job who's paying teacher assistants more than the instructors who's been working at the school for years. instructors do more than teachers and I believe it's wrong for any company to do that. If I address the issue they would ask me how did I find out because we are not suppose to discuss salary at the work place. this has been going on dor too long. there's no standards on job qualification. It's like saying surgeons get pay less than janitors, please help me.

Answer 1

There is no law telling an employer that they have to pay someone less because they're relatively new to the company, or more because they're "senior".

It may well be that the company is paying some of the new hires more because they have expectations that the newer people are more qualified than the ones who have been there longer.

Answer 2

The terrible ethics of the Employer. Hiring "at will employee's", let's not discuss what others make at work, dont want to rock the boat. Employee's need to start making waves to change this old way of thinking from these type companies. The land of the free is right, and look what happens, the control that Employers are given, to discriminate against other employee's. They can give better money to new hires if they want to, and you have to either sit there and take it or find a labor union to join or quit your job and work for company's that have labor unions or good ethics behind them. It's just not right, I agree completely.

Answer 3

Unless wages are controlled by a union contract, an organization may pay any employee whatever amount is agreed to between employer and employee.

Answer 4

Isn't there a union for teachers? That's who you need to ask. If there's no union, they can pay anyone anything they want. Welcome to the land of the free!

Answer 5

sounds like you live in tenn.