Ok i had a baby last june i took 3 months inclusive then i started working a home/office combo upto 30 hours a week - Im a Business Support Manager for a defence company, i came back to a part time position of 30 hours in office a week nothing from home in June this year, we do the salary reviews in June and you get your pay rise in july.
They said to me that the reason i only got 1500 was due to the amount i was working last year, Well is been made aware to me that the other BSM's in our head office - whose job description is the same as mine, 1 got 2500 and the other 5000...
Do you think i have a discrimination case due to the fact that i was on maternity leave last year.
Also i am the longest serving BSM in the company and im being paid the 2nd to lowest out of 4 of us.
I had something similar happen to me, they said it was "as I didn't work the whole year and its rated over a year". but I only was @ work for the last quarter of the year!!
I'd be asking for the ratings you had, and justifications as to why that figure matches your performance. I know its hard, but start with keeping the mat leave out of it - it was only what, 2 months into the last financial year, and really, people go on leave for that amount of time often. Start with doing a "review" of your work, and see if their review matches yours. The amount of time you've been working doing a job is unfortunately not a reason for a higher $$$ figure, but the quality of your work is.
I also have emails as to how "FANTASTIC" my work had been while doing remote BSM for Sydney & melbourne whilst living in Adelaide which was from November last year to March this year. Ive printed those out.
Im scared to say anything but its getting to me so i am going to call EOWA and get some advice.
If you don't get any joy from EOWA try HREOC - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. They should be able to give you some advice. It is illegal to pass someone over for promotion due to parental leave so I would assume that the pay increase would be similar, especially seeing that you only took 3 months (which would be equivalent to some people's Long Service Leave). Definitely look into it further because it doesn't sound right to me.
Were you working full-time prior to mat leave?
Are the other BSM's full-time?
What is considered full-time in your org?
Is the increase pro-rata - or was yours 2500 on top of normal fulltime wage or part-time wage?
Check these things out first hun.
Recently with performance pay for my level in my industry for performance of Excellent $6000 was given. Now even though no-one does my job when I am not there (29 hours per week) - my bonus was still pro-rata which thought unfair as it was a full-time position before I started, and a full-timer coming into replace me too But all legal
Is this illegal - Do i have a case
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But all legal
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