Is this lawful...giving a raise to selected employees?

[Sherbang]

Yes rza, the workers always tell the truth.

Are you saying Gemini-girl is lying?

 

[Electric]

Are you saying Gemini-girl is lying?

I don't know if she's telling the truth.

 

[Sherbang]

I don't know if she's telling the truth.

No, I was just wondering if you normally assume people are lying to you? Must make life a bit depressing

 

[Electric]

No, I was just wondering if you normally assume people are lying to you? Must make life a bit depressing

My life is great.
Not depressing at all.
I generally trust people.
When talking business however I have seen to many dishonest people to believe that everyone is telling the truth.

I worked with a lady who believed she was indispensable to the company.
Yet behind the scenes we all watched her spend the day eating and fiddling on her Black Berry playbook.
She always made the most noise come increase time, always knew everyone increases, etc.
She valued herself above everyone.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Its rza, anything he posts about the real world is general BS...

Plus he posts about Bonus's, not Raises... a company does not have to give any reason why the chose to not give a certain employee a raise whilst giving others.

 

[rza]

Its rza, anything he posts about the real world is general BS...

Plus he posts about Bonus's, not Raises... a company does not have to give any reason why the chose to not give a certain employee a raise whilst giving others.

Same principles.

 

[Bobbin]

Doesn't matter who you work for. The law is the law and they won't win. People need to stand up for themselves, they need educate themselves on what the law states.

Generally in service departments the overtime is critical to keep the business running. In some cases the financial implications are huge (One server or network operator could bring the whole company down). So overtime is expected and anticipated in many cases.

But if the remuneration is not in line with the overtime the employee has no one to complain to. If he/she complains it doesn't bode well for his/her career prospects. And very quickly will be told they are replaceable. Some places even threaten cheap outsourcing. The business doesn't invest in "overheads" as they aren't directly profit generating so overtime then becomes the norm to keep up with the workload. Added to that all the politics generally seen within large companies.

Here is a corporate I've just told you about in previous post that only pays 1/3 for overtime to "discourage overtime". Of the thousands working for it you'd think someone would have a case

 

[Bar0n]

But if the remuneration is not in line with the overtime the employee has no one to complain to. If he/she complains it doesn't bode well for his/her career prospects. And very quickly will be told they are replaceable. Some places even threaten cheap outsourcing. The business doesn't invest in "overheads" as they aren't directly profit generating so overtime then becomes the norm to keep up with the workload. Added to that all the politics generally seen within large companies.

In other countries, HR is augmented with representatives from their version of the CCMA. This works brilliantly to stifle what you've mentioned above.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Same principles.

Nope..

 

[^^vampire^^]

Bonus no, it shouldn't be expected.

Raise, yes. It should be expected in principle. Anyone with a basic financial literacy should understand inflation. Only if the company is going backwards is there a problem.

And hence why I never mentioned an increase in the statement above. If your employer refuses to increase your salary by at least inflation each year you should seek alternative employment.

 

[^^vampire^^]

Worked for a company last year where the guys used to also boast about putting in overtime. The one poor guy was suckered into driving from pta to jhb everyday, get to the office at 7am in the morning, work til 6pm, drive back to pta and then work til somewhere between 11pm to 1am. All for R20k a month.

The first time my boss phoned me up after hours when I was home I told him I will attend to the problem in the morning during business hours as stated in the contract. I set the precident from the get go that I will not be taken advantage of and no one ever asked again. The other guys would nag from time to time saying they were putting in all this unpaid overtime (couple of hours every day after work and generally saturdays) to make the company more successful and never realised they were getting taken advantage of wholesale.

When I came across some reports in the boardroom turns out the board members were increasing their salaries every few months in increments of roughly R30-R50k per month, all possible by these guys working for free and earning inflation linked increases. Also they did dodgey **** like just fire a whole bunch of people when their projects didn't turn profits for a single month - unfortunately only 1 guy had enough brain cells to take them to the CCMA to get a package. The rest were too intimidated to do it and got nothing.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

One thing with overtime however is that I have seen companies that give good overtime rates and what workers then do is stall the work during normal hours and then work properly during overtime hours on week nights. Same thing on weekends, except they work slowly on saturdays to milk the overtime and finish just before the evening. So there are situations where the company is losing out unfairly.

With the OP's issue, go look for employment elsewhere. If you are that good you shouldn't have difficulty in finding employment and the current employer will either re-negotiate your salary because of the sudden skills gap or let you go to your better job.

 

[satanboy]

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The first time my boss phoned me up after hours when I was home I told him I will attend to the problem in the morning during business hours as stated in the contract. I set the precident from the get go that I will not be taken advantage of and no one ever asked again. The other guys would nag from time to time saying they were putting in all this unpaid overtime (couple of hours every day after work and generally saturdays) to make the company more successful and never realised they were getting taken advantage of wholesale.
...

I have a colleague that bullies her fellow colleagues into working (free overtime) on weekends. She is not their boss, same grade as them. Misery loves company.

 

[Drake2007]

I work for a small IT company where I'm not happy at all. Last month my employer gave a certain few employees a raise and left out about 30% of us with neither a raise nor an explanation as to why we didn't get any. Is this lawful to discriminate like this, to add on that none of the women at the company got a raise.

I am livid as I know I'm damn good at my job. Is this just a case of unfairness or is it unlawful?

70% of the employees is not a select few, but anyway. As previously stated - Find out why and take corrective steps.
Also, you can't be unhappy and "damn good" at your job at the same time.

 

[TelkomUseless]

One thing with overtime however is that I have seen companies that give good overtime rates and what workers then do is stall the work during normal hours and then work properly during overtime hours on week nights. Same thing on weekends, except they work slowly on saturdays to milk the overtime and finish just before the evening. So there are situations where the company is losing out unfairly.

That is problem with overtime. But with good management skills (daily progress meetings etc) overtime can be planned if need be. These days they expect you to work overtime everyday with no compensation which is not fair at all.

 

[SeRpEnT]

A number of years back (+/-8) I pointed out to my manager that I saved the company R17m on one issue (error I picked up). He said it was great but couldn't give me one measly extra point for it.

kthxbye


Last year I picked up over R100m mistake, got more points (new manager).

So what do you do for a living? Mistake finder? lol.

 

[ToxicBunny]

That is problem with overtime. But with good management skills (daily progress meetings etc) overtime can be planned if need be. These days they expect you to work overtime everyday with no compensation which is not fair at all.

Which is why it doesn't happen from my side....

I'm happy to work overtime to fix something I cocked up, but if its just general bad planning on other peoples parts, then not a chance in hell will I work overtime.

 

[Gnome]

Have to say that women in software development will generally get screwed. I've personally seen it happen time and again.

Any man who says otherwise is ignorant and not in touch with the realities of the industry.

The reality is your rank in the group determines your perceived value by the group.
Women in IT enter with bias the moment they join. Because they are a women right, know your place and all that.
It takes a lot more for a women in software development to get promoted and an increase than a man, simple as that.

 

[Drifter]

Well, if you look at the last salary survey, woman in SW development were earning more than their male couterparts.

 

[Sherbang]

Well, if you look at the last salary survey, woman in SW development were earning more than their male couterparts.

Link?