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Redundancies and pay cuts... for some

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  • 10-11-2010 3:17pm
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    LegacyUser
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    Would anyone know if employees would have a genuine gripe with this situation and if anything could be done to right any wrong that might have occurred.

    Small company implements redundancies and company-wide pay cuts. However, an employee who is a relative of the owner gets a large pay rise. This rise is meant to be secret, but it's a small company.


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    Nody
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    Nothing can be done except refusing the cut (which could lead to the position being made redundant via some paper work excercise of changing job titles).


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    LegacyUser
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    The cuts and redundancies have already happened, following which, one employee (who happens to be a relative of the owner) gets an increase in salary from 22k to 31.5k.


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    dudara
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    Cuts/redundancies and increases can validly happen independently of each other. There is nothing legally wrong here (perhaps morally/ethically, but that's a different story).

    The question here is, did that other employee deserve their increase?


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    LegacyUser
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    Well he started on around minimum wage around four years ago and graduated to 22k over that time. There was no major change in duties. Nothing illegal so. Thanks for the replies.


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