What Can You Do If Your Company Refuses an Annual Increment? Legal Options Explored

Can anyone suggest to me a scenario where a public or private company is not ready to give an annual increment? Can we take legal action in such a situation? In any public or private company, if they reject or are not ready to provide an annual increment to an employee...

Thanks & Regards, Umesh Kanase

There is no law which mandates annual increments for employees. However, all progressive and well-run companies do provide annual increments during annual appraisals, etc. Government/Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have annual increments as part of their wage policy. Therefore, the question of taking legal action in the case of a private company does not arise. The Minimum Wages Act is reviewed at six-month intervals, and all companies are required to comply with the stipulated daily wages.