30th November 2007, 05:46 PM
Have talked to a few people (IFA included on this) - They did advise their RAOs this would happen...
However... strictly peaking legally, there is a 3 month time limit on claiming backdated pay...(where it is the law and free to claim) after which you have to pursue through civil claims...
The interesting question is this.....
If you come to BAJR and say pay award pending on the advert.. we will pay the new rate as soon as it is sorted.... however when it comes to it... you exclude all those employed by you prior to August (apart from your permanent staff) â then basically all those folk would have been paid under the BAJR rate (I can feel the frothing already VoR) and so breached the terms and conditions of being allowed to advertise.
(admittedly in retrospect⦠) I know that most people I talked to about this agreed that although it would be trouble, they would honour the pay rises with everyone â paying people what they would have got, if the pay rises had gone throughâ¦.
If there are some companies who decide against this course of action.. AND on checking have used BAJR with â pay award pending or similar, thus giving the impression of a backdated payrise being give⦠please let me know offlineâ¦
info@bajr.org
There may be little legally I can do to help⦠other than the 3 month claim law⦠but I will help where I can.
The call of FAIRS FAIR springs to mind!
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
However... strictly peaking legally, there is a 3 month time limit on claiming backdated pay...(where it is the law and free to claim) after which you have to pursue through civil claims...
The interesting question is this.....
If you come to BAJR and say pay award pending on the advert.. we will pay the new rate as soon as it is sorted.... however when it comes to it... you exclude all those employed by you prior to August (apart from your permanent staff) â then basically all those folk would have been paid under the BAJR rate (I can feel the frothing already VoR) and so breached the terms and conditions of being allowed to advertise.
(admittedly in retrospect⦠) I know that most people I talked to about this agreed that although it would be trouble, they would honour the pay rises with everyone â paying people what they would have got, if the pay rises had gone throughâ¦.
If there are some companies who decide against this course of action.. AND on checking have used BAJR with â pay award pending or similar, thus giving the impression of a backdated payrise being give⦠please let me know offlineâ¦
info@bajr.org
There may be little legally I can do to help⦠other than the 3 month claim law⦠but I will help where I can.
The call of FAIRS FAIR springs to mind!
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu