can an employer legally change your salary if you have a signed contract?
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can an employer legally change your salary if you have a signed contract?
i’ve been at my job in a restaurant for almost a year and a half. It isnt doing
the best. They said I need to take a pay cut. I have a signed contract that i
have read many times and says nothing about changing pay rate. Can they do that?
Asked on April 16, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Is the document to which you refer an actual contract? By that, we mean is it for a fixed or definite period of time, like a one- or two-year contract from certain start date to end date, and is it not expired?
If you have an unexpired contract for a fixed period of time, the employer cannot reduce or change your pay during the contractual period--that is, until it expires.
But if the document was not for a fixed period of time, it did not prevent the employer from changing your pay at will. When it's not for a set period of time, that means it is changeable at will; it is not a contract in any real sense, since it did not guaranty anything.
Similarly, if it was for a set period of time but has now expired, it no longer protects you and your pay may be changed.
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