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Can an employer cut your pay
I have worked for a company in CT. for
15 years.
I quit and went to work elsewhere.
2 weeks later I returned , I lost my
seniority but they kept my pay scale the
same as before for 3 months.
Then all of sudden they cut my pay
scale back to minimum wage.
Can they do this ?
Thanks for your help
Asked on May 6, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Connecticut
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Do you have an employment contract or union agreement that prohibits such a reduction in pay? Is your treatment a form of legally actionable discrimination (although you did not indicate this to be the case)? Otherwise, you are an "at will" worker. This means that your company can set the conditions of your employment much as it sees fit, including how much to pay you and changing that compensation when it chooses. The only recourse you may have is if your wages were changed retroactively (i.e. after the fact). In other words, if you were at a set wage, it could not have been changed after you performed your work. Such a change can only be for hours that you have not yet worked (i.e. for work hours going forward).
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