Q: Can a company hire people with no experience same job tittle a higher wraite then another person that has been there 2yr
Is it ok that the company i work for has been showing favoritism. And I have been at this company 2 years it took 6months for them to give me my rase and even after my rase they have been hiring people with the same job tittle no experience with a higher pay then me it makes no sense to me and this has been going on for a long time
A: If the company's pay differential is motivated by hostility towards a protected class like race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, military service, pregnancy, disability or opposing illegal conduct, then it would be illegal.
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Seniority is not considered legally significant unless there is a union contract that makes it so. Otherwise, differences in pay based on seniority are not unlawful, UNLESS there is a gender, race or other protected class reason for the difference in pay. If that is the case, the Equal Pay Act and the Fair Employment and Housing Act would make the pay differential unlawful.
Good luck to you.
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