Backdated pay for some staff but not others

Rocky_27

Hello!

I have just had a very disappointing pay review and in this they have informed all staff on a "student agreement" would not be receiving, the initially agreed, backdated pay as the increase in the national minimum wage already gave us a "boost" in April. However, all other staff will have their pay backdated to July, when the pay rises were meant to be announced. I have had a look online regarding this but there is not much information on it, I assume because majority of employers would not do this.

Does anyone know if this is allowed or if it does happen often?

Thank you.

TadleyBaggie

Unless there is some formal agreement in place, employers can pay what they want to who they want.

Marcon

TadleyBaggie said:

Unless there is some formal agreement in place, employers can pay what they want to who they want.

...unless there is unlawful discrimination based on a protected characteristic. Age discrimination, whether direct or indirect, is unlawful...

strawb_shortcake

I work in the CS, and anyone on the NMW, will get their increase in April. The pay deal later in the year, will only be applied to those on the NMW if the pay deal is a greater percentage increase than the increase from the NMW in which case they'd get the difference - if that makes sense.

So I don't think it's that unusual 

elsien

Pay rise? What’s one of those then? 

I work in an organisation where lower paid people have had an uplift,  and I’ve had nothing, not even a cost of living in increase for the last couple of years. 

As above, annoying but not unlawful.