Specialist Skill Payment

[BMR]

Looking for others opinions on this situation.

I work for Company X which is made up of many different departments and skill sets.

I used to do Job A.

I now do Job B.

Since I started Job B, my old Job A has attracted a supplement on top of the standard hourly rate Company X pays, as they now recognise the skills required for Job A warrant an extra payment.

I am still qualified to do Job A, and used to cover for sickness / being short and was not fussed about the additional pay. However since I had words with the manager of the specific department I no longer wish to help them at all.

It has been suggested that by having the skills to do Job A, you may be 'required' to carry out the job and refusal to do so would warrant disciplinary action.

?So how exactly does this stack up legally?

[ikarl]

How much do you get paid to do job B compared to job A?

If they both pay the same rate, I would expect to get the uplift.

If job B is a promoted position and I therefore was paid more anyway, I wouldn't expect the uplift.

All my expectations btw and may not be the 'legal' position

[Gargamel]

You need to look at your enploymeny contract. It may have a claise about performing such duties as are reasonably at the cmpanies discretion.


It may warrant a disciplinary. However that doesn't make it legal. However whats your leverage and whats the outcome you want.

If you take the disciplinary you could resign after abd try for coamstructive dismissal. But you should see a GOOD lawyer first. Plus your claim will leave you jobless and with probably about three to six months money. IF and it is a big IF you win.

Better to ask for the uplift when you cover the role and to ask for the manager their to ask you nicely...

[Gargamel]

Comedy typing due to phone.

[BMR]

Both job roles have exactly the same hourly rate, it's just that Job A now gets an extra payment on top for that job role (which is driving).

Job B isn't a promotion, simply a side step.

I have asked for the extra rate but been told the company has set out a minimum number of hours you must do in this role per week to be paid it.

I don't think it'd go as far as being legal however I am considering joining the appropriate Union incase anything does arise. They are short of staff for Job A so it may come to a head soon.

[anonymous-user]

So what's the specialist skill again?

[ikarl]

BMR said:

Both job roles have exactly the same hourly rate, it's just that Job A now gets an extra payment on top for that job role (which is driving).

Job B isn't a promotion, simply a side step.

I have asked for the extra rate but been told the company has set out a minimum number of hours you must do in this role per week to be paid it.

I don't think it'd go as far as being legal however I am considering joining the appropriate Union incase anything does arise. They are short of staff for Job A so it may come to a head soon.

So the company recognised that this could cause an issue and have appropriately mitigated the risk to them.

Again, I don't know the legalise of stuff like this (Breadvan was awesome at this stuff, obv) but it looks like they've covered themselves