Legal Question in Employment Law in New Jersey
NOT BEING Paid
I accepted a promotion at my job 8 months ago and was told that after a 3 month trial period i would get a pay raise. In that time I've improved my restaurant dramatically even though we still have a long way to go. 8 months later I have not received pay compensation and my assistants make more than me. Now I'm being told if I don't improve even more in the next 60 days i'm being demoted. I'm not asking for a raise...just the pay someone in my position should be getting. What can I do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: NOT BEING Paid
Do you have the promise of the raise in writing or confirmed via email? Its usually important to document promises made by employers. NJ recognizes oral promises as being binding, but if its your word alone against your employer's word and the employer is denying the promise, then you would have a tough time proving that. You will need to provide additional info regarding the nature of the oral promise before I can provide you any more information. Who promised you a raise and for what amount? What were the details of the promise? An oral promise of a raise has to be sufficiently well defined in order for a court to enforce it.
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