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Hello,

I left my job in september 2008 while pay negotiations were going on and i even worked on a strike day!

now they have agreed a pay rise but say that anyone who resigned or was dismissed will not be entitled to receive the pay rise backdated to April 2008, in previous years this was not the case, you could have left but were still entitled to get the money.

There has been an employee who was sacked yet received the money, perhaps it was a mistake on their part

the payroll manager says that she will not be able to give me anything in writing to confirm this condition as part of the pay award.

Can anyone advise if they can do this as i really want to have the pay.

Thanks
Rob

Squat1

It appears that this was part of collective bargaining with the Company and the Union. If so, you need the take this up with your Union.

SmartA$$

They're not doing anything illegal.

They don't have to pay you any more for the time you worked than the rate that was agreed upon beforehand.

What they give to someone else is irrelevant. They don't have to offer you the exact same deal.

You have no legal recourse but you can talk to your union (if you're a member of a union) and see if they can help you.

The bottom line is that you agreed to work for a certain wage, you worked, they paid you the agreed upon wage, so nobody owes anybody anything more.

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