As an emploee can I request my pay to move from salary to hourly?
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As an emploee can I request my pay to move from salary to hourly?
Should there be compensation when a new dutie and responsibility resulting in added hours is expected?
Asked on December 15, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Can you ask? Of course...but the employer is not required to honor the request. Similarly, in all fairness, there should be extra compensation for new responsibilities and/or additional hours...but the law does not require it. (Apart from requiring that if you are hourly, you be paid for all hours worked.) The employer decides how and how much to pay for a job or position; the employee's only option is to decide whether he/she choose to work there or not.
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