Can an employer change your wage without telling you?
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Can an employer change your wage without telling you?
I was recently switched from salary to hourly without being told in person. My employer emailed me the information knowing that I don’t get the emails. We had several face to face meetings after the email was sent and nothing was said. I went into a 2 week break thinking that I was going to be paid only to find out that I was not. Is this legal?
Asked on January 1, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Going forward, the employer may change your wage at any time, from the moment of notice onward. They may not retroactively change it; the change is only effective from when notice is provided. But "provided" is not the same thing as "received": if this was an email address you provided to them (i.e. it is your email), then if they sent notice to it, that notice would be legally effective, even if you did not receive or view it, unless when they sent it they received an email system notice that this message was not received (e.g. rejected by your server). If they *know* that *this* message was not received, they have to provide alternate notice; but if from their point of view, it seemed to go through to an address you had provided, that is adequate.
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