Can my boss take up to 9 months to give me my raise after my evaluation?
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Can my boss take up to 9 months to give me my raise after my evaluation?
It took them 9 months to give me my raise. Am I entitled to retro pay?
Asked on March 23, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
No, you would not be entitled to retroactive pay, not unless there was some actual employment agreement or contract in place obligating them to give you a raise within a certain time period. That is because except when there is a contract requiring a raise, an employer is free to not give raises--ever--or to give in whateve amounts, at whatever times, it likes. You employer was not, in the absence of a contract, obligated to give you a raise; therefore, you have no claim for compensation for a raise being late.
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