Work pay rise

doorstep54

Need some advice please regarding asking for pay rise, where am working we doing machist work and some people have been there over 11 years and we all on minimum wage and its a skilled work what we do and haven't had pay rise for two years and now the work load is getting more and we are expected to get more work out than before and we all suffering with aches and pains as the work is not easy and some work really heavy, we all calling a meeting next week about pay rise, so wanted advice on law where we stand with this please if any one can help

Gavin83

Law doesn't come into it. As long as they're paying you minimum wage for the hours you do (taking into account any overtime you do as well) they aren't obligated to give you a pay rise. Best thing to do is be polite, show the extra work your doing, push how valuable you are to the company and show jobs available elsewhere paying more.

It'll also help if they consider you an employee they don't wish to lose.

spadoosh

If youre on min wage you have had pay rises. A ~7.5% pay rise in 2016 and ~4% pay rise in 2017.

As above law has nothing to do with it. All you can do is ask nicely and hope theyre open to paying you more.

the reason i mention the first bit is if you go in saying you havent had pay rises the first thing your boss will say is you have. They will probably also chuck in the fact that they now have to (or will do shortly cant remember the dates!) pay a workplace pension for you as well.

TBagpuss

The pension will depend on the size of the company, I think full roll out will be done by 2018. It started with larger companies, so I'd guess that unless OPs employer is very small they've probably started by now.

TBagpuss

OP - as others have said, if you are on NMW you will have had pay rises so I would suggest that you focus on the changes to the work you're doing, and the fact that they are requiring you to do more / more complex work.

Also do some research - see whether you can find out the market rate, in your area, for similar jobs. If you are being paid less then employees doing similar jobs elsewhere then you can raise that (not least as it it may mean that they would find it more expensive to replace you).

Are you in a union? If not, it may be worth thinking about joining one.

cr1mson

They could have been above minimum wage originally and now with the minimum wage rising they are now on minimum wage so not received any pay rises.

sangie595

TBagpuss wrote: »

Are you in a union? If not, it may be worth thinking about joining one.

^^^ This ^^^
Holding a meeting of employees to talk about getting a pay rise is "organising". And your employers will find out - there is always someone who talks too much. Entire workshops have been sacked for less. A lot less. If this is the kind of employer I suspect it is, they would rather sack the lot of you than allow you to organise.