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Thanks for the advice, but its impossible. If they say its because of one thing, such as low prodution. After that it will be someting else, just to prevent them from giving the raise to us? You spoke of a contract, would what I and the others signed be considered that? I signed 1 and a couple months later the document changed and stated a definate raise after 1 year of emplyment. And neither one of thse document says anything about any requirements to get the raise. Such as production, employee evaluation. It just says that we will get one. No amount or anything.

implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing n. a general assumption of the law of contracts, that people will act in good faith and deal fairly without breaking their word, using shifty means to avoid obligations, or denying what the other party obviously understood. A lawsuit (or one of the causes of action in a lawsuit) based on the breach of this covenant is often brought when the other party has been claiming technical excuses for breaching the contract or using the specific words of the contract to refuse to perform when the surrounding circumstances or apparent understanding of the parties were to the contrary. Example: an employer fires a long-time employee without cause and says it can fire at whim because the employment contract states the employment is "at will." However, the employee was encouraged to join the company on the basis of retirement plans and other conduct which led him/her to believe the job was permanent barring misconduct or financial downturn. Thus, there could be a breach of the implied covenant, since the surrounding circumstances implied that there would be career-long employment

is this a law??? because it sounds alot like what is happening.

i have also spoke with an attorney, and he has asked why the raise has not been given. they have told several of us its because of thier production. i dont have a production job at all, why should i be punished. i think the real reason is they cant afford it. but still our HR rep lied to get us to come to work there and is still doing it, when they have no intention of following through. is it with in my right to let the press know, the papers? i signed no Confidentiality agreement of anykind.

Somehow I doubt the press will care that you weren't given a raise. The press reports news, not individual complaints.

If you signed something stating you would get a raise at one year, you need to take that to the lawyer you saw. If you signed something you no longer have an implied contract, but a real one depending upon the way it is worded.