Wages issue...

Jonee

Ok. I am currenty working part-time on a wage of £5.80ph....16 hours a week....
I have since found out the other part-time worker is on £6.60ph....she works 12 hours a week.

I am 44 and the other woman is late 50`s early 60`s.

Now, I am quite angry at this because she doesn`t do even half the work that I manage to do during the hours we work and she is really 'slapdash' with her quality of work too....which my boss has already admitted to.
SO....having spoken to my employer about this, he says he has made a mistake in her wages and overpaid her, which I`m not really sure I believe him.... do I stay at this job and ignore the wage difference?...or tell him where to stick it after being treated unfairly...

Fire away people....I need to get things straight before I go into work tomorrow...
Thanks everyone in advance...

Dr.Shoe_2

See the CAB about constructive dismissal rules...

Anihilator

I would always be suggesting someone earning £5.80 an hour is looking at progression however until you have a new job stay.

There is nothing illegal either about paying one more than the other unless linked to discrimination.

Jonee

Anihilator wrote: »

I would always be suggesting someone earning £5.80 an hour is looking at progression however until you have a new job stay.

There is nothing illegal either about paying one more than the other unless linked to discrimination.

When I agreed my wages my boss said it was because he couldn`t aford to pay anymore as he was struggling with business....that was in Oct '09.
I must admit, when I worked fo him for the initial two weeks, we did talk about me eventually running the business as he was looking at retiring.....but now finding out the other part-timer has been on this wage for just over a year....I`m a bit miffed....:(

jdturk

An employer can pay you differant wages if he so feels like it, as long as there is no discrimination in terms of age, sex, race etc and as long as its over minimum wage

pinkshoes

What you need to do is look for another job that you want, get offered it, then show the job offer to your boss, and ask him to increase your current salary. If he won't do it, then take the other job and leave.

Without another job offer on the table, there's not a lot you can do.

jdturk

Dr.Shoe wrote: »

See the CAB about constructive dismissal rules...

Pray tell how would this be contructive dismissal.

Vader123

jdturk wrote: »

Pray tell how would this be contructive dismissal.

LOL. I agree.

The quality of advice here gets worse.

To the OP.

Employers pay different people different rates for the same job.

This can be due to such things as longer service.

There is nothing illegal about this (unless its discrimatory) and pay rises are often given to reward length of service and loyalty.

Vader

Mudd14

You have two options, 1) carry on as you are after all companies can pay what they like to who they like. 2) if you don't like it leave!

PennyPincher_L

find a backup job that pays about the same, when you find one then raise the wage issue with your management, if they increase fine stay and if they dont move over!