Letter of Salary Increase to Employee

Below is an example of a letter being given to an employee regarding their salary increase. This letter is formatted as an internal memo from the Payroll Department advising the employee that he/she is receiving a raise in pay due to consistent performance.
TO: JOHN BROWN
FROM: PAYROLL DEPARTMENT
RE: SALARY INCREASE - MERIT RAISE
DATE: NOVEMBER 10,2011

JOHN:
As of .

Salary increase letters need to be written and worded well. Make sure when writing the letter the positives are pointed out to the employee. Any negatives should be as light as possible. Make the attitude of the letter happy and cheerful. Everyone enjoys a salary increase, and they are often greatly appreciated. Keep the lines of communication open with the employee in case there are any questions or if they are confused.When an employee is given a raise, it often leads to a very noticeable raise in morale and a better attitude in in the workplace, leading to better productivity and a better attitude in the workplace. Employees always like raises, as they will work knowing that every hour they world will give them greater rewards. Also, giving employees a salary raise will make them feel appreciated and give them more pride in the world that they do. This also leads to the employee being more obedient and loyal to their employer, making them essentially better employees, who will get more done with their time, and be happier workers that do their work happily.Other methods of rewarding employees for their hard work are through bonuses and raised benefits. Both of them have the same affects of the aforementioned benefits of rewarding employees. A good method of distributing raises is tying raises to goals. For example, in the beginning of a year, an employee should set a goal in the business, and a reward for meeting that goal should be worked out, and at the end of the year, at performance reviews, if the set goal is met, then they will be rewarded with the promised reward that has been negotiated at the beginning of the year. This will raise their faith in their employer and motivate them to work harder in the future.