I work in school as support staff. I started on the National Living Wage but in 2019 was awarded a pay raise of £3 per hour above the NLW as I took on more responsibility.
It has only recently dawned on me that the NLW has risen annually but my hourly rate has not risen in line with it so that the £3 extra I was given in 2019 is now only worth around £1.50. I have only received the standard annual 1% pay rise. It could mean that eventually the NLW is more than my hourly rate of pay.
I’ve emailed my employer and their answer is:
If you were previously on the Foundation Living Wage for your roll and Headteacher thought you should be on a higher hourly rate then that is why at that point in time you were elevated to a higher hourly rate. Thereafter your higher hourly rate would have been subject to any cost of living wage increase that the school decided to apply to all support staff (other than those on the lowest FLW rate) on an annual basis. So your hourly rate has gone up since then to its current level for your role.
Do I have a case to argue?