Employer advertising job position with higher hourly rate than current existing staff

Boris82

Hello there so I've been working at nursing home for nearly five years, i'm not sure if i should post any details regarding Company who owns the home or not, for now I won't mention it. So I work as a senior(team leader/supervisor) carer on an hourly rate of £9.41 the non seniors are on £8.91 per hour, in November of 2021 the companies website where adverting for care staff (non senior) at my location with the hourly rate of £9.06. 
In October of 2021 a new care staff member signed there employment contract at £8.91 due to the application process and DBS they only did there first shift on the 4th of January 2022, having checked the careers website for the care home the hourly rate for there position is advertised at £9.51. Having spoke to my line manager they are informing us that if a new member of staff comes to the home now, that new staff member would start at £9.51 and all existing care staff would go up to this rate with Senior care staff going possibly to £9.91
So my question was is this common practice because to me it doesn't make any sense, why would you not bring all care staff up to the advertised hourly rate

theoretica

The minimum wage goes up to £9.50 in April so all staff will go up to that by then if not before - makes sense to me to advertise the job at the new rate not the old.

Marvel1

Boris82 said:

Hello there so I've been working at nursing home for nearly five years, i'm not sure if i should post any details regarding Company who owns the home or not, for now I won't mention it.

No don't do this at all.

Boris82

theoretica said:

The minimum wage goes up to £9.50 in April so all staff will go up to that by then if not before - makes sense to me to advertise the job at the new rate not the old.

So hypothetically you have a cashiers working in Tesco on £9.50 per hour but Tesco career website is advertising the same position but at £10 per hour. And Tesco won't raise the current employees wages to £10 until a new person starts, is that something that would normally happen or would Tesco raise the current employees when the position is being advertised?

theoretica

Boris82 said:

theoretica said:

The minimum wage goes up to £9.50 in April so all staff will go up to that by then if not before - makes sense to me to advertise the job at the new rate not the old.

So hypothetically you have a cashiers working in Tesco on £9.50 per hour but Tesco career website is advertising the same position but at £10 per hour. And Tesco won't raise the current employees wages to £10 until a new person starts, is that something that would normally happen or would Tesco raise the current employees when the position is being advertised?

It would cause significant bad feeling if the new starters were on more than the longstanding staff so it is easy to see why the company would pay everyone the same.  It is also common for a business to want to pay staff as little as possible and to delay a pay rise as long as they possibly can.  Combine those two and you have the situation you describe - I wouldn't call it usual, but see nothing illegal about it.

[Deleted User]

I think you really need to look at moving on. I've just look at the rates for social care workers in our local council, there  recruitment level is £30,522.55 - £35,731.62 per year. (social care not social workers).

General_Grant

arctic_ghost said:

I think you really need to look at moving on. I've just look at the rates for social care workers in our local council, there  recruitment level is £30,522.55 - £35,731.62 per year. (social care not social workers).

Can you link to that, please?

[Deleted User]

You have PM.General_Grant said:

arctic_ghost said:

I think you really need to look at moving on. I've just look at the rates for social care workers in our local council, there  recruitment level is £30,522.55 - £35,731.62 per year. (social care not social workers).

Can you link to that, please?

You have PM.

elsien

arctic_ghost said:

I think you really need to look at moving on. I've just look at the rates for social care workers in our local council, there  recruitment level is £30,522.55 - £35,731.62 per year. (social care not social workers).

Are you comparing like for like? Where I am social care worker roles are kind of like junior social workers without the qualification, not care home staff. Local authority care homes having been tuped out years ago. 

Senior care assistants in the private sector are £9-£10 an hour, just checked. 

[Deleted User]

elsien said:

Are you comparing like for like? Where I am social care worker roles are kind of like junior social workers without the qualification, not care home staff. Local authority care homes having been tuped out years ago. 

Senior care assistants in the private sector are £9-£10 an hour, just checked. 

I've sent General_Grant a link to the job. Its care home and directly employed by LA.

The LA's employ social work assistants to do the role you describe.

elsien

Just checked my local authority websites. Qualified social workers have a lower starting rate than the rate you’ve quoted only starting at 25K. Local authority support workers are 18K. 

London based?