What to do if I’ve been with my company and getting paid $7.50 per hour but the new hires at the same level are getting $8.00 an hour?
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What to do if I’ve been with my company and getting paid $7.50 per hour but the new hires at the same level are getting $8.00 an hour?
My friend mentioned that this could be a form of discrimination or illegal somehow. I think it’s just that the company needed a higher pay for new hires as incentive. In return, they are cutting back the hours of the faithful long-term employees hours many of us are going from 30 hours a week to under 15 hours and giving them to the new higher-paid employees. Is there anything I can do with this besides demanding higher pay and/or quitting?
Asked on July 15, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Utah
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country, employees are employed at the will of the employer unless there is a written agreement to the contrary. From what you have written, it seems that your employer is on a process of eliminating the longer tenured employees.
To answer your question, if you want a pay increase, you need to ask for it. I suggest that from what you have written that you might consider looking for another position elsewhere if you do not get the pay increase you want if an increased hourly rate is not negotiable from your standpoint.
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