Inflationary pay rise for all staff except me?

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I was recently asked to communicate to my team that they would be receiving inflationary pay rises. The email I received about it said they they were eligible as they had been at the company more than 12 months. I wasn’t told by my manager that I would be receiving this so assumed it was for more junior staff / those paid under a certain amount. But I have since been told that that’s not the case and that I am not getting it as I already have a pay increase due at the same time. This is due to a promotion 3 months ago where my increase was split into 2 bumps - a small increase on starting the role and the same again after 3 months.

i don’t think this is fair as they are two separate things (inflation and promotion) plus it’s not my fault they decided to delay the second half of my pay rise (which had no conditions attached) and therefore it’s almost coinciding with the inflationary pay rise. This second bump is only about 1.5% more than the inflationary pay rise so i am not much better off than I would have been otherwise!

I have worked for the company for several years and this is the first time there has been an inflationary pay rise offered.

obviously it’s discretionary but ACAS says that if a rise is given to some employees and not others it has to be “fair and reasonable” which I don’t believe this is.

Does anyone know where I stand please?

TIA!

Yeah I think part of that problem is that our salaries are all over the place - very little standardisation in more senior roles / for more longstanding staff

That why you need to know how many jobs are out there for your skillset and how they are priced.

But you can push back on the point that you loose out the % for the rest of your career (that role anyway) And you can use the numbers to calculate a real number for 5 years out.

Everybody understands the price of a nice holiday v a very nice holiday argument.