What can we do about the company my husband works for not giving him the $2 dollar raise he is owed for moving and it has already been over 2 months?
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What can we do about the company my husband works for not giving him the $2 dollar raise he is owed for moving and it has already been over 2 months?
The company was suppose to give him a $2 raise for transferring to another warehouse a little over 2 months ago, he still has not seen any of that raise. That adds up to quite a bit of money they have stolen from him now. What can we do to get that money and ensure that he gets the raise he is still owed?
Asked on July 13, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If there was an actual employment contract specifying the raise or wage, you can enforce it.
Or if based on the promise of the raise, your husband did something to his detriment--for example, the new warehouse is considerably further from his home; he is working a less desirable shift; or he is doing materially harder or less desirable work (e.g. at the new warehouse, the physical demands of the job are much more punishing)--then he may be able to enforce the promise of a raise under the doctrine of promissory estoppel, through a lawsuit.
However, if there is little (relatively speaking) to choose between in regards to working at one warehouse or working at the other, and there is no contract, then this would have been a "gratuitious promise" which the employer could renege on.
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