Cost of living pay rise

StLedge

It does seem to be that way, my wife isn't the only one there that just gets her head down and works, and does a lot more than some of the others there, but they are getting the worse increase.

ILW

Many employers pay different rates to different employees. As long as it is not illegal discrimination (on certain grounds) there is nothing wrong with it.

dark_lady

dave4545454 wrote: »

of course, it's all about who you know not what you know.

Or whos shagging one of the bosses! 6% when others are on 2 or 2.3 I would be highly suspicious.

LadyMissA

jhmm wrote: »

Hi
If anyone can advise i'd be very gratefull. Does anyone know if by law a company has to give employers a cost of living rise each year and if its a set percentage and also a set month ?

Thank you in advance
Jue xxx

they can give you 0%

LadyMissA

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Yes, I'm sorry if I was confusing people.

Employers can of course do whatever they like. BUT if they do not act consistently, then they're open to challenges under the various bits of discrimination legislation.

It would be a brave employer who gave annual cost of living rises to some but not all employees, IMO, but NOT giving ANY pay rise until you've been with the company for a certain length of time couldn't be seen as discrimination, and NOT giving more than one payrise within a particular time period likewise.

My experience is outside the private sector, and things tend to be standardised. You're on a grade or pay point because your duties fall within that grade. You might be able to move up within that grade, but you'll have to argue a strong case for moving to a higher grade.

having said that, I think that if COL increases are given, they apply to the grade, and everyone on that grade gets them, regardless of how long they've been in post. But I'm talking about places where there are national agreements rather than in private companies.

I dont know what our pay rises were called but they were not based on appraisals as these came 4 mths after the rise and I know some people got 0% and some got 4%.

J_i_m

In the NHS we have pay "bands" And each bands has "points" within it. The bands are applied to a specific job role. For example at my work, the manager is on band 7, the deputy managers are on band 6, qualified nurses are on band 5, whilst support workers are on band 2.

If you have just joined the NHS, then you start at point 1 of your band, and you get a yearly increment which puts you up a point until you reach the top point of your band. From then on you get no pay rise unless the NHS give a COL rise, these are often small, and spread out across years. Of course you can apply for a higher ban (job) and you'll be put on the first point that gives you a pay increase.

sunshine1985

i'm wondering if someone can help me with a few questions. An email was sent to all of staff saying that they were going to look into giving payrises.
Myself and another person in my department have been told by our manager that we arent getting an increase but we have heard from our colleages that they have received letters in March to say they are getting an increase of 2.5%. Which i can only assume is for cost of living increase. is this legal to give some and not others this increase?? they are also backpaying it from Jan.

We have had preformance develpment reviews which i scored pretty much all above average or excellent so I dont think its preformance related increase.

Googlewhacker

sunshine1985 wrote: »

i'm wondering if someone can help me with a few questions. An email was sent to all of staff saying that they were going to look into giving payrises.
Myself and another person in my department have been told by our manager that we arent getting an increase but we have heard from our colleages that they have received letters in March to say they are getting an increase of 2.5%. Which i can only assume is for cost of living increase. is this legal to give some and not others this increase?? they are also backpaying it from Jan.

We have had preformance develpment reviews which i scored pretty much all above average or excellent so I dont think its preformance related increase.

If you had read the thread you would have seen the answer is yes as long as its not for discrimination reasons in the eyes of the law (ie sex, gender, race etc)