i approached my manager requesting a salary increase earlier this year. Manager was supportive but it has taken 6 months for this to be agreed.
The request had to go through a number of higher managers for approval, as one was on long term sick, this has resulted in a 6 month delay.
I have asked for the increase to be backdated to the date I asked for a review but this has been declined. I have also become aware that HR carried out a benchmarking exercise prior to my request which identified that I was being paid less than the industry standard for my role, but no action was taken and I was not informed at the time.
Any HR professionals able to advise if backdating the pay is a reasonable request?