I want to know if a employee can cut your hourly pay without notice especially when you already work your hours on the day of pay
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I want to know if a employee can cut your hourly pay without notice especially when you already work your hours on the day of pay
It was brought to my attention on the day of
pay wrote on envelope that my hours had been
cut from 8 hours a day to 6 hours a day plus
my hourly pay was also cut without notice from
making almost 14 an hour to 11 an hour I
was told I will no longer work Saturday which
would mean my expected check after tax
should have been 333 he only paid me 300
then he deducted tax from that how tax can b
taken twice when it was already taken
Asked on September 3, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Georgia
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
A wage reduction is legal unless it violates the terms of an employment contract or union agreement. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will". The means that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit (absent some form of actionable discrimination) . This includes a reduction in wages. However, such a deduction can only be for work not yet performed; it cannot be for work that has already been complated. In other words, a decrease in pay cannot be retroactive. At this point, you need to make your employer aware of the law. If they still refuse to give you what you are owed you can file a wage claim with your state's department of labor or sue them in small claims court. That having been said, your employer could terminate you for doing so. In fact, as a general rule, a worker can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. So be sure how best to handle this. You may just decide that it's not worth it.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
A wage reduction is legal unless it violates the terms of an employment contract or union agreement. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will". The means that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit (absent some form of actionable discrimination) . This includes a reduction in wages. However, such a deduction can only be for work not yet performed; it cannot be for work that has already been complated. In other words, a decrease in pay cannot be retroactive. At this point, you need to make your employer aware of the law. If they still refuse to give you what you are owed you can file a wage claim with your state's department of labor or sue them in small claims court. That having been said, your employer could terminate you for doing so. In fact, as a general rule, a worker can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. So be sure how best to handle this. You may just decide that it's not worth it.
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