I work in a predominantly male environment. When I joined my employer (six years ago), I took the role of assistant director (reporting to the director in my dept). My role was essentially deputising for him with the idea being I would be his successor one day (large age gap). Over next few years, I took on many more responsibilities and as a result was promoted. I didn't take the same title (director) although did take exact job description under a different title (manager), the director was also given a new title (specialist on xxx). We then both reported to the directors previous line manager. Skip forward another year, I now have been given director title (as manager was confusing to clients). My role has increased in scope even more. I knew I came in at a much lower level salary than (ex) director, reason at the time being his position/no ofyears experience. During this time have had small salary increments but suspect so has he.
A few questions: 1) am I entitled to ask for full disclosure of salary and comp details now for comparison (as suspect this will be huge) 2) will I/my job be legally protected if I challenge this? I love my job and don't want to be forced out for asking for this to be rectified 3) is there anything else I should be wary of here? 4) are other benefits considered ie own office etc?
Thanks for reading, any advice much appreciated.