It is frustrating to constantly fail with the question of more salary in the executive.
Shouldn't the employer automatically have to pay more money at some point?
A specialist lawyer has the answer.
In the course of working life, the personal situation can change and the cost of living can rise.
Shouldn't that automatically be reflected in the salary?
In other words: is there a right to a raise *?
"There is basically
no legal right to a salary increase,
" clarifies Peter Meyer, specialist lawyer for labor law.
But: There can be exceptions.
For example, if a collective agreement applies, employees receive the respective collective wage increases.
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Increases in a fixed cycle
In addition, the employment contract can stipulate that the salary increases in a fixed time cycle based on the salary development of a specific collective agreement.
According to Meyer, a claim can also be derived if an employer generally informs its employees that the
workforce
should be paid
X percent more salary every year
.
"In practice, however, this case only occurs extremely rarely," says the specialist lawyer.
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Insist on the principle of equal treatment
Last but not least, a claim can arise from the
principle of equal treatment
.
An example: Assume there is a team of ten employees who all take on the same tasks and show no measurable differences in performance.
All of these employees get a two percent raise, except for one person.
According to Meyer, the excluded team member would have a legally good chance of enforcing the salary increase in court - based on the principle of equal treatment.
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Peter Meyer is a specialist lawyer for labor law in Berlin and a member of the executive committee of the labor law working group in the German Bar Association (DAV).
© Weimann Meyer Gbr
About the person: Peter Meyer is a specialist lawyer for labor law and a member of the executive committee of the labor law working group in the German Bar Association (DAV).
(dpa / tmn / as) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
.
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