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To: Brunei Shell Petroleum Leadership Team
Date: Friday, July 18, 2014
Summary: There should not be any revision or reduction of the base salary of 94 local employees due to a clerical error made by HR. This was due to a policy change that was not communicated to all affected Brunei Shell Joint Venture (BSJV) staff, including the affected, via the official channels i.e. HR in Business and Capability Coordinators, at the time of change.
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We, the undersigned, would like the Board of Directors to support our appeal to HR to not reduce our salaries (already in effect as of 1st July 2014) due to an error in remuneration as a result of a policy change that went unnoticed for over 2 years and was only brought to our attention very recently.
On the 9th of July 2014, we, the 94 local employees of Brunei Shell Joint Venture (BSJV) Companies were informed that we will receive a pay cut effective immediately i.e. reflected in July’s pay. There was no prior engagement between HR and employees when implementing this pay reduction.
It was explained that as of January 2012, there was a policy change stating that graduates are no longer eligible for a merit pay increment of 10% upon exiting graduate level, as it had been in the past. The mistake in remuneration was that those confirmed into SG5 post-January 2012 were still receiving a 10% increment on their base salary. The above mentioned policy change was not published onto Livelink and accessible to anyone until November 2013, much later than the policy was supposedly in effect.
Between January 2012 and December 2013, 94 individuals were confirmed into SG5 and have all individually received an official confirmation letter from their supervisor and their HR in Business of the 10% increment on their base salary.
We, the undersigned, did not have knowledge that our base salary was under investigation and feel that we have been treated unfairly and without due respect and consideration and as such, cannot accept a revision or pay reduction with grace. We urge that there should not be any revision of our base salary.
This online petition is agreed upon by the following signatories.
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July 21, 2014
im still talking to people behind the scenes about how this clerical error happened and why it falls on us to fix it. its honestly frustrating how quiet the communication has been from the leadership team so far.
July 21, 2014
the support rolling in has been honestly overwhelming. seeing so many people back us up makes me feel like we have a real shot at getting this fixed.
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really disappointed with management. hope they fix this soon before morale drops even further.
its not our fault HR messed up their own policy. why should we suffer for their mistake? totally unfair.
TWO YEARS LATER? Are you kidding me. How does that even happen. People have already planned their lives around that salary.
The lack of communication is the real problem here. They just decide on a pay cut without even talking to us first. Really unprofessional.
If it was their error they should swallow the cost. Dont pass the burden to the employees who have been working hard.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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To: Brunei Shell Petroleum Leadership Team
Date: Friday, July 18, 2014
Summary: There should not be any revision or reduction of the base salary of 94 local employees due to a clerical error made by HR. This was due to a policy change that was not communicated to all affected Brunei Shell Joint Venture (BSJV) staff, including the affected, via the official channels i.e. HR in Business and Capability Coordinators, at the time of change.
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We, the undersigned, would like the Board of Directors to support our appeal to HR to not reduce our salaries (already in effect as of 1st July 2014) due to an error in remuneration as a result of a policy change that went unnoticed for over 2 years and was only brought to our attention very recently.
On the 9th of July 2014, we, the 94 local employees of Brunei Shell Joint Venture (BSJV) Companies were informed that we will receive a pay cut effective immediately i.e. reflected in July’s pay. There was no prior engagement between HR and employees when implementing this pay reduction.
It was explained that as of January 2012, there was a policy change stating that graduates are no longer eligible for a merit pay increment of 10% upon exiting graduate level, as it had been in the past. The mistake in remuneration was that those confirmed into SG5 post-January 2012 were still receiving a 10% increment on their base salary. The above mentioned policy change was not published onto Livelink and accessible to anyone until November 2013, much later than the policy was supposedly in effect.
Between January 2012 and December 2013, 94 individuals were confirmed into SG5 and have all individually received an official confirmation letter from their supervisor and their HR in Business of the 10% increment on their base salary.
We, the undersigned, did not have knowledge that our base salary was under investigation and feel that we have been treated unfairly and without due respect and consideration and as such, cannot accept a revision or pay reduction with grace. We urge that there should not be any revision of our base salary.
This online petition is agreed upon by the following signatories.
Updates
July 21, 2014
im still talking to people behind the scenes about how this clerical error happened and why it falls on us to fix it. its honestly frustrating how quiet the communication has been from the leadership team so far.
July 21, 2014
the support rolling in has been honestly overwhelming. seeing so many people back us up makes me feel like we have a real shot at getting this fixed.
6 Comments
1) HND are not affected by this changes and they are still entitled to 10% increment and SMC. 2) Revised salary put one in lower PIR which may result in higher % increment due to SMC. However, this higher % increment will be offset by the reduction of revised salary. (still a disadvantage) 3) Positive impact graduate may not sign this petition.
really disappointed with management. hope they fix this soon before morale drops even further.
its not our fault HR messed up their own policy. why should we suffer for their mistake? totally unfair.
TWO YEARS LATER? Are you kidding me. How does that even happen. People have already planned their lives around that salary.
The lack of communication is the real problem here. They just decide on a pay cut without even talking to us first. Really unprofessional.
If it was their error they should swallow the cost. Dont pass the burden to the employees who have been working hard.
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1) HND are not affected by this changes and they are still entitled to 10% increment and SMC. 2) Revised salary put one in lower PIR which may result in higher % increment due to SMC. However, this higher % increment will be offset by the reduction of revised salary. (still a disadvantage) 3) Positive impact graduate may not sign this petition.