Do Your Immigrant Workers Understand Why?

This problem came up in a recent seminar I gave about the fact that immigrant workers often find out that other immigrants employees are making more than they are, and will complain about it, especially if they have been with your company longer. In many other countries, people are used to being paid according to longevity. They may not understand the concept of being paid for performance, productivity, or work quality. This needs to be explained to them. You must let them know that the other, higher paid person has better skills, or gets more done, or the quality is better and that the pay difference has nothing to do with how long they have worked there. Let them know that if they can learn a new skill, become more productive, or increase their quality, they can increase their pay also.
Hope this helps to clear up the confusion that you may be dealing with.