Time to allow for Salary Increase

therealdeal2018

I am working in the construction industry and when I signed my contract it was to go up after one year to a set amount, We have no targets etc to meet, this was just a salary increase after 12 months. This should be now have been paid last 2 months as I completed my year of service in August. There is now discussions that senior management have not signed this off yet and this is the hold up. If its in my contract after a year is 2 months acceptable to wait for this to be increased to the correct amount ? Or should I have been getting paid the correct amount from the first month onwards ?

agrinnall

It appears that you should have started to be paid from the 13th month onwards, but what do you want to do about it? Having been there less than 2 years if you kick up a fuss there's a fair chance that you won't have a job at all.

therealdeal2018

How could they get rid of me over something that is in my contract though ? Thanks for the reply !

t0rt0ise

They don't have to give a reason to let you go in the first two years, so if they don't like what you say they can just say goodbye.

TELLIT01

Does the contract say it will go up, or that it will be reviewed after 12 months? If it said it would go up, does it state by how much?

If it simply states that salary will be reviewed after 12 months they can legitimately say it has been reviewed and they aren't increasing it.

jonnygee2

There is now discussions that senior management have not signed this off yet

It was 'signed off' by the company when they signed the contract. At this stage it's just admin.

They need to a)pay you and b) backdate it. I think the wait of two months is long but probably not completely unreasonable, but obviously they still owe you money.

How could they get rid of me over something that is in my contract though ?

Well, they could but I guess you need to judge how likely that is.

TELLIT01

Until the exact wording of the contract is know it's impossible to give a definitive answer. It would be unusual for a company to lock itself into a commitment to a payrise 12 months in advance. They would normally give themselves 'wriggle room'.

agrinnall

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Until the exact wording of the contract is know it's impossible to give a definitive answer. It would be unusual for a company to lock itself into a commitment to a payrise 12 months in advance. They would normally give themselves 'wriggle room'.

Perhaps the wriggle room is that the company knows that they can get rid of the OP if they decide they're not worth the extra money. That doesn't seem to be the case so far, but making a fuss about it might tip them in that direction.