What are my options regarding a promised raise thatI never received?
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What are my options regarding a promised raise thatI never received?
I was told I would receive a raise for my yearly review. I received my review and told what my raise would be; 2 separate people above me said it was coming. My GM was then fired and now my corporate office is now refusing to pay me my raise and retro owed for 8 months of back pay.
Asked on December 30, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Virginia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The problem that I see for you unfortunately is that you were promised a raise, but were never given the raise due to assorted internal issues with your employer that you have written about.
If your review was actually written up and the written review states that you were to receive a raise in such an amount, then you should be entitled to the raise. If the written was not written up and there is no mention of a raise, then you will have a hard time getting the raise based upon what happened at your last review. I would ask to see your personnel file.
After reviewing the file, you should have a meeting with your human resources department about the issue you are writing about to see what can be done or have a meeting with your new supervisor about the promised raise to see what can be done.
From an employer's perspective, it is not good to have an employee who does good work become unhappy at work over a situation not caused by her.
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