Did the form have the total salary of £32,000 in the salary box, with no benefits listed in the allowances box? What is the £7,000 allowance for?
Any allowances should be listed separately from the salary on the WP1 form.
Your employer may hear back soon. A review is free at least. They have to withdraw the review to re-apply when a review is awaiting a decision.
Your employer may have a problem if they are changing what they are saying you would get from a salary of £32,000 with no allowances on the form, to a salary of £25,000 with £7,000 allowance in the review request. They are two different situations.
If I saw an advert that said "excellent benefits", I would think that it could be many things such as flexible working, generous leave, pension scheme, bonus scheme, on site gym, or a company car.
The review is also not supposed to have new information. A new salary is new information.
it is hard to give a definite answer. If the review is unsuccessful the employer could then reapply.
Reviews are taking longer than 2 weeks at the moment it appears.
Review requests are currently taking up to 4 weeks to decide. We have taken steps to reduce the backlog of cases on the Reviews Team and hope to have resolved this by the end of November.
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