My questions is about workers rights please advise...?
I have been with my current employer for 3 years now & started as a grounds keeper. I have been promoted to super maint. within those years & have just found out that the new grounds keeper is being paid more than myself & was just recently hired. I am a tradesman & he is not, my question is...how do I address this & is it common to take a step back & down a position to increase my earnings?.makes no sense to me..please advise..thank you...Jon
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Happens all the time. Thats why employers dont like employees discussung wages. some even have rules that prohibit it....
they may have had to change their hiring wage to keep up with wage increases in your field. If you are not actively looking for another job and content at your pay they are not usually going to offer a pay raise. There isn't anything you can do as far as enforcing a law, they can hire whoever they want for whatever they want. I'd suggest letting them know you'd like more money and in the meantime you will be looking for another job.
no... and its not entirely ethical either... however its not illegal from the sounds of it. but thats what unions and all that is for... ethical treatment... but really theres not much u could do ... since u dont have the same job. you can ask ur employer i suppose tho since you've been working there for 3 years
as a woman who is constantly underpaid, i can tell you what I do. i DON'T tell them I know how much so and so is making, etc..what I do is ask them what my position hires in for, and what is the job description. next, I go to a career website...Yahoo HotJobs is a good one, and do a salary check. You put in all of your info, and it spits out what the job pays in your area. I usually go to the modest end (even the lower end is usually higher than I am paid) and then have a meeting with my employer. I tell them what I think I have offered the company, and any ideas I have had that have saved money...and even crunch the numbers as to HOW MUCH I have saved them. Then, I tell them what similar jobs in the area are paying, and ask for consideration of a pay increase. It works. You just need to do a bit of homework, and take a slightly different approach. Good luck!
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