<prompt> Human: So I submitted paper work that was approved by my manager and her manager to bring me into the next pay scale. Minimum for that pay scale is about 39,000 a year. We all get a yearly raise on March first based on our performance for the past year. I was put in the highest category of workers giving me the highest percentage of a raise I can obtain and it will be based on my March 1 salary. Currently I am waiting for the paper work to be signed by a district manager and it generally takes a few weeks for them to respond to it. I submitted the papers back in December. If I get my raise based on my current salary I will still be under the next pay scale, therefor pushing me to the next pay scale will negate my raise. Can my company purposely delay a process so that they do not have to add my raise to the next pay scale? Currently working in Tacoma Wa  <response>: Unless you have a union or a specific contract, they can pretty much do whatever they want. 