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Job reclassification
I have Worked the same job title since 2000. for Baycare Homecare. Got e-mail on 3-2-17 that my job was reclassification at 6365. less than a year than I currently make. still doing the same work, same supervisor. Help
Can Large companies due this?
Asked on March 7, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Do you have an employment contract or union agreement that prohibits such a decrease? Does it constitute some form of legally actionable discrimination? If not then this action was legal. In an "at will" work arrangement, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes when or whether to decrease an employee's salary. That having been said, the decrease could only take affect after you were informed of it. in other words, it can only be for work going forward, not for work already completed (i.e. it cannot be retroactive).
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Do you have an employment contract or union agreement that prohibits such a decrease? Does it constitute some form of legally actionable discrimination? If not then this action was legal. In an "at will" work arrangement, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes when or whether to decrease an employee's salary. That having been said, the decrease could only take affect after you were informed of it. in other words, it can only be for work going forward, not for work already completed (i.e. it cannot be retroactive).
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