Legal Question in Employment Law in Indiana

Any legal ground re:employer & raise?

I work in a satellite location of a company based in Indy. It's a small company and although we have an immediate supervisor, most issues are taken up directly with the owner. My annual review was done by my supervisor in November; my hiring anniversary is in December. It was a good review. December has come and gone without a raise. A male co-worker was hired eight months after me, and is paid more. He asked for more when he was hired. I wrote the owner a letter asking for equal pay, pointing out the things I do that my co-worker does not, as well as seniority. I received no response. Another female co-worker is also awaiting her raise due in February. She wrote two letters and eventually spoke with the owner on the phone last week, who promised us both $1.50/hour raises effective immediately. Payday was Friday and no raises for either of us. Our male co-worker who knows about all of this feels that we might be entitled not only to our raises, but to reimbursement back to the anniversary of our hire dates. There is no clause in our employee handbook prohibiting discussion of salary issues. The company appears to be for sale, as well. Do we have any legal grounds? Thanks!

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