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[ScrapHappy]

My daughter works at a popular apparrel store at the mall.  She will be there a year in July.  It is not a very well run store.  Nobody stays very long including managers and assistant managers.  No one my daughter started with works there anymore.  She has found out the only managers and assistant managers receive raises.  I'm wondering is this the norm?  If you have teenagers who work, do they receive a yearly raise?  

[roeroe1005]

Well, that explains why sales help do not stay there.  Your daughter, even as a part timer, is entitled to a raise just as much as the managers/asst. managers do.

The raise would not be much, but she is entitled.

Wonder what your state's Dept. of Labor would think of no raises for the sales help??

I hope she moves onto another place also.

[Desert Lily]

The State may have a minimum wage law, but I seriously doubt that they have any power to interfere in individual companies' raise policies.

Companies often base raises on evaluations that might be annual or semi-annual, or they may or may not have a policy for wage increases. Besides that, the retailer might not be pulling in a profit to afford for employees to have raises.

Perhaps your daughter could contact the human resources department about a wage increase or ask her supevisor. I wish her the best.

[spumoni99]

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@roeroe1005 wrote:

Well, that explains why sales help do not stay there.  Your daughter, even as a part timer, is entitled to a raise just as much as the managers/asst. managers do.

The raise would not be much, but she is entitled.

Wonder what your state's Dept. of Labor would think of no raises for the sales help??

I hope she moves onto another place also.

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I don't think the fair labor standards act cares one way or the other about workers getting raises.

I would advise your daughter to use the year experience to get a better job.

[phoenixbrd]

I would think this answer depends on the business.  Is she working part time?  If not, is she focused on a future career.  Is she interested in pursuing training or education?  If this is a temporary part time job, I wouldn't be too concerned about the raise issue. Preparation for her future work choice is primary. Kudos to her for working as a teenager and for you being a supportive mom. 

[Stray]

Raises aren’t mandatory but the minimum wage is a requirement

[Love my grandkids]

@roeroe1005 There are no labor laws that entitle anyone to a raise.  Minimum wage yes. Raises are up to the empoyer only. I don't know where you got that idea but it's wrong.

[Carmie]

I don't know what your daughter makes an hour and if it is fair or not.

My youngest granddaughter who just graduated from high school has a part time job working making food/serving at one of those fancy gas stations/food markets. She's worked there for a few months now on weekends.

She is heading off to college in July and wanted some money to spend for her first couple of semesters.

I was shocked to hear she makes $18 an hour starting wage.  IMO, That's a lot of money for a teen to make sandwiches and pop food into a microwave oven.

There are part time jobs out there that pay well.  It doesn't hurt to look around.

[Kachina624]

@ScrapHappy   Has she asked for a raise?  If she wants something, she needs to ask for it and present a case as being a loyal, dependable employee.  If they refuse....well, there are plenty of jobs out there where she'd be appreciated.  She should start looking.

[GenXmuse]

I would think after a year, she should have received a raise by now. Maybe she should check in with either of the managers and ask about a one year performance review and raise consideration.  I think with a year under her belt she could go somewhere else. I don't know what she makes but she could look into Target. My daughter worked part time there and liked it.