New person recruited on way more ££ than me...Is this allowed?!

ladyasmo

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Notmyrealname

Yes it is perfectly legal for two people to be paid different amounts for doing the same job as long as the difference is not based on the grounds of age, race, religion or sex.

The only thing you can do is give your employer a convincing argument for a wage increase of your own. You can't do a thing in respect to getting the other employee's wage reduced.

One thing I would not do is make any hints that you know the other person is on higher money. Questions may be asked how you came into that information and it could jeopardise your own position.

InsideInsurance

Back when I was an employed as a Senior Project Manager I was asked to take line management responsibility for a new Junior Project Manager and a Senior Business Analyst to take the pressure of the team manager.

I knew I was under paid, for various reasons, but after a couple of months the Junior PM came and complained that he left he was under paid..... didn't tell him that he was paid £3,000 more than me despite being two levels lower and one management grade lower.

Pay is personal and an individual negotiation with the employer. As long as the reason for the different pay is not attributable to the outlawed "isms" (eg racism) then its absolutely fine.

As a rule of thumb, if you want promotion you stay in the company. If you want a payrise you leave the company. Hence why I stayed managing people who earned more than me for as long as I did before jumping ship and in 3 years increasing my salary over 3 fold

paddedjohn

They probably had to offer that amount of pay to attract the right person for the job, also they will be expected to pick up the slack when you can't make it in.

denla

Does the other person have more formal qualifications/experience than you to justify this extra pay? If yes there's nothing you can do.

Pricivius

You mention that this was internal appointment so there may be an obligation to match the previous salary. This would be a matetr of company policy rather than law, but it is common as it encourages movement around the company. My company do something similar, but have a parachute payment system whereby for the first 6 months, you stay on your previous salary, then you drop 5% and then another 5% every six months until you are on the supposed correct salary. Other companies red circle the salary so that the new person stays on that sum until others have caught up due to pay rises over the years.

As others have said, your salary has not changed so I can see no way of fighting this on the grounds that she gets more. Check out the policy and see whether her pay will reduce over time or will stay at that level as this may be some consolation. Otherwise, put your case for your own salary to increase, but it can't be on the basis of hers.

Buellguy

Sounds perfectly legal to me - the other person will probably just have done a good job negotiating her salary


One thing I would not do is make any hints that you know the other person is on higher money. Questions may be asked how you came into that information and it could jeopardise your own position.

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Hmm71

Is the new person being paid more than you because they are full time while you are part time? Or is is that they are being paid £4,000 more than your old full time rate?
You can't expect to be paid a full time salary if you are on a part time contract.
I think you need to be careful how you approach your boss with this. Maybe you could ask for your job to be reviewed, mention that you are supposed to be part time but you are still doing a full time job then re-negotiate your salary without bringing up the other person's pay at all.

ladyasmo

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ILW

For many people, the only way to get decent rise is to go to a new employer.

Definately worth asking your existing one though.

pinkshoes

Some of my male counterparts were paid almost 50% more than me!! (hourly rate comparison, as I worked part time). Very annoying, as I did more 3 days a week than a lot of them got done in 5 days.

I asked for a pay rise, and got told that as my boss left whilst I was on maternity, no one was there to judge my previous 2 years performance, so I'd have to start again.

After a year back from maternity, they were so short staffed that they sent me a letter saying my hours were going back to full time. They then retracted this once they realised it was illegal. I told them to shove the job, and am now having a change of career. They are now massively struggling with the work load as they now realise how much work I did.

If they won't pay you more, then either take your skills elsewhere, or don't do any extra work, and make the person paid more to pick up the extra!