Employee rights to back dated pay

matilda.cs

Hi there,
An employer (not mine)  announced a pay review for all support staff, which should have been completed months ago. It’s currently back and forth with unions, but is expected to be completed by September. Pay awards, if applicable, will be back dated to September last year. 

An employee (not me) has asked what happens to their pay if they leave the job before then. 

They have been told that they will forfeit that back payment. 

Obviously this is disappointing, and I wondered if there is any way they can legitimately challenge it? 

Employee doesn’t want to lose out on a pay award dating back 12 months, but also has another job lined up. (Which is an apprenticeship paying £4.30 an hour, so the money will be hugely beneficial to them)
The pay change should have happened already, but employers delays have put it back… which isn’t really employees fault. 

Hope someone can give some good advice  

Lomast

As long as they are on the minimum relevant minimum wage then there is no right to a pay rise much less a back dated one when they have left the job.

Realistically how much of an increase is likely anyway a couple of hundred quid ?

oh_really

A Q. for the site trades union.

matilda.cs

Difficult to say, but they haven’t had one for a long time. It’s a proper evaluation of roles, not just an incremental raise. 

Employee is unhappy because they have already carried out the work and had the delays not happened - would have already been paid the agreed fair price, and not be in this position. 

Lomast said:

As long as they are on the minimum relevant minimum wage then there is no right to a pay rise much less a back dated one when they have left the job.

Realistically how much of an increase is likely anyway a couple of hundred quid ?

matilda.cs

oh_really said:

A Q. for the site trades union.

Thanks, do I move the post somehow or can I tag them? Unsure how to best proceed? 

MovingForwards

matilda.cs said:

oh_really said:

A Q. for the site trades union.

Thanks, do I move the post somehow or can I tag them? Unsure how to best proceed? 

Your friend contacts their union, assuming they did join one, and asks for their input. 

There's no section on this forum, aside from where you've posted. There's no one to tag either as unions are individual and optional.