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I have been working on a fixed term contract of employment since last year.
The company's bonus results have been announced this week and I have been advised that my payout is to be capped at 100% whilst permanent colleagues performing the same role will receive an extra third due to the business doing better than expected.
When I challenged this I was advised to check my offer paperwork which indeed states that my bonus will be up to 100%. I unfortunately wasn't aware at the time that there would be a difference in how my bonus payment would be treated vs. that of my permanent colleagues otherwise I would have raised this before signing/joining
The questions I have are:
The company's bonus results have been announced this week and I have been advised that my payout is to be capped at 100% whilst permanent colleagues performing the same role will receive an extra third due to the business doing better than expected.
When I challenged this I was advised to check my offer paperwork which indeed states that my bonus will be up to 100%. I unfortunately wasn't aware at the time that there would be a difference in how my bonus payment would be treated vs. that of my permanent colleagues otherwise I would have raised this before signing/joining
The questions I have are:
- Is this a breach of the FTC regulations as the only reason I am being treated differently is because I'm not a permanent employee?
- Does the fact that I have worked under this offer for many months weaken my legal position?
- Does the fact that my company have recently changed the rules to allow over 100% payouts for FTCs but have only put this in place for new contracts and not current ones like mine have any bearing on my case?
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