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Equal pay

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  • NBLondon
    NBLondon Posts: 5,760 Forumite
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     we have been told that he was paid more as a reward for finishing his paperwork early therefore he was qualified, we argued that he was still an apprentice same as us until his 4 year apprenticeship contract was up, 
    Do you mean he was given a raise for completing his apprenticeship qualifications (not just paperwork)?  That's a justifiable argument for a different pay scale.  Unless the employment contracts were worded to exclude that explicitly.  There's also nothing to stop the employer from amending his contract individually to recognise the fact that he qualified early.  If there hadn't been a union involved, you would have probably got nowhere.
    I need to think of something new here...
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