If a company agrees to an evalution and possible pay raise every 6 months but has done neither in over 2 years, is this legal?
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No one at this location has received a pay increase in over 2 years and the majority are minimum wage employees. There are several that have not received a pay increase in longer than that. I asked a manager today and he/she said that they have received many pay raises in their total 6 years.
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The key issue is whether they contractually obligated themselves to provide raises--or if, as you write, they merely agreed to provide a "possible pay raise" every 6 months. A "possible" raise means that the employer does not have to provide a raise--they have not committed or obligated themselves to anything. Therefore, from what write, it would seem to be legal to not provide raises.
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