Pay Rise?

[Gem123]

We have just been told our payrise figure... They are giving us 3% but not in April they are not giving it to us until July. Is this a ploy? Giving us three % but holding it off until july so they can save money?

[Loosehead]

Sounds like public sector to me, generally pay rises start from 6th April but are not paid until the july but are back dated. This was originally to allow negotiation with the unions, ie they would try and squeeze some more out. They will save a small amount because they don't pay it immediately but I'm pretty sure the effective date will be 6th April.

If you are not public sector then more info needed!

[Gem123]

i work for a car fleet company. There was no mention of it being back dated

[Loosehead]

OK it just sounded like the sort of 

thing that went on when I worked for

a council

[jimmyb01]

I work in the public sector and sometimes we don't get our rises until July, August even October. But they have always been backdated to the previous April.

[Gem123]

do they have to back date then?

it wasnt mentioned

[5029]

Is it written into your contract that you will have a yearly payrise?  if so i would say that they have to give you bakdated pay