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Cost of living increase?

Liamade · 2018-03-16 11:23:36

Not sure if anyone can offer any advice? So my workplace communicated that all employees would be getting a cost of living increase back in January. This would commence in Feb pay with backdated jan. Fast forward to Feb, 3 days before payday and my line manager drops into the conversation, “oh by the way you won’t be…

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theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite

16 March 2018 at 7:42PM

Only giving a pay increase to staff lower down the scale is fine. The way it was communicated sounds abysmal. A mistake like this merits a major and sincere apology, not a 'by the way'.

Who made/approved the initial wrong announcement that everyone would get a increase?

But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,

Had the whole of their cash in his care.
Lewis Carroll

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