What can I do regarding a reclassification and salary?
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What can I do regarding a reclassification and salary?
I am a non-union supervisor overseeing a group of union employees. I used to pay a fair share to remain on a scale that was 2 grade levels higher than the highest ranking union employee. Each level is a 10% jump in pay. Due to being reclassified to a “special rate” I have not gotten a pay raise in 5 years and now the old position that I had left (3 grades lower and union) is now getting paid more.
Asked on December 21, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the law, except as set out in contracts, including union agreements, employers are free to set pay rates or salaries, to decide how much to pay each employee, to decide whether and when to provide raises, to decide to pay lower level staff more than their supervisors, etc.
If you do not have an employment contract and are not party to a union agreement, which seems to be the case, then your employer may pay you less than the old position.
However, if there are any employment agreements of any kind affecting or governing your job, their terms would control, and have to be paid in accordance with them.
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