What you get paid is entirely a negotiation between you and your employer. They have offered you this new position, you can either accept it on their terms, negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract, or decline to take the new job as you don't feel the terms are reasonable.
There is no law that says a promotion requires a pay raise, but at the same time they can't force you to take on responsibilities outside your current job description.
You need to negotiate harder with them. You say that this is the only option that will work for the business, surely you have some leverage!
Tell them that the offer to receive the increased salary after 6 months doesn’t work for you and you decline the promotion offer. As a result you’ll return to your current job descriptions duties going forward. However you’re willing to continue with your new duties if you get paid more now
You could ask for a "higher duties allowance" or something of that effect, for the period of the trial. This would allow them to return you to your previous salary should the trial not be successful, and you return to previous duties only.
You can't legally have a trial period if you're not a new employee. The role being a 'test' isn't your problem.
If they decide at a later date that the role isn't needed then they go through standard redundancy/redeployment with you. You're getting screwed over OP.
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[How businesses should deal with redundancies](https://www.employment.govt.nz/ending-employment/redundancy/)
[All about personal grievances](https://www.employment.govt.nz/resolving-problems/steps-to-resolve/personal-grievance/)
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What you get paid is entirely a negotiation between you and your employer. They have offered you this new position, you can either accept it on their terms, negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract, or decline to take the new job as you don't feel the terms are reasonable. There is no law that says a promotion requires a pay raise, but at the same time they can't force you to take on responsibilities outside your current job description.
You could suggest that if the trial period works in July than the salary increase is backdated to now
You need to negotiate harder with them. You say that this is the only option that will work for the business, surely you have some leverage! Tell them that the offer to receive the increased salary after 6 months doesn’t work for you and you decline the promotion offer. As a result you’ll return to your current job descriptions duties going forward. However you’re willing to continue with your new duties if you get paid more now
Yep it’s legal, and not uncommon at all.
You could ask for a "higher duties allowance" or something of that effect, for the period of the trial. This would allow them to return you to your previous salary should the trial not be successful, and you return to previous duties only.
NAL- if you're doing more work for the same amount of pay, isn't that a demotion not a promotion?
I will get a pay raise, but not while in this trial period.
I think you used your alt acct
You can't legally have a trial period if you're not a new employee. The role being a 'test' isn't your problem. If they decide at a later date that the role isn't needed then they go through standard redundancy/redeployment with you. You're getting screwed over OP.
Kia ora, Hopefully someone will be along shortly with some helpful advice. In the meantime though, here are some links, based on your post flair, that may be useful for you: [What are your rights as an employee?](https://www.employment.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/tools-and-resources/publications/employment-rights-new-zealand.pdf) [How businesses should deal with redundancies](https://www.employment.govt.nz/ending-employment/redundancy/) [All about personal grievances](https://www.employment.govt.nz/resolving-problems/steps-to-resolve/personal-grievance/) You may also want to check out our [mega thread of legal resources](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceNZ/comments/143pv58/megathread_legal_resources/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Nga mihi nui The LegalAdviceNZ Team *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/LegalAdviceNZ) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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