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Can I sue my work company?
I work for radioshack as a manager.
I’ve been with them for about 10 years.
Over the years I’ve taken pay cuts.
Recently they merged with sprint. Some
locations have sprint employees and
radioshack employees, within the same
building. My location is radioshack
employees who also sale sprint. But we
get payed only commission on sprints
sales. But they expect us to handle
time consuming transactions, without
any payment besides radioshacks. I’m
basically managing 2 companies under
one roof while getting payed only from
1. Is there anything I can do to fight
for wages. I lost my December bonus for
going over my hours, but given the
circumstances, it was impossible not
to.
Asked on January 23, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, there is nothing you can do, unless this violates a written contract (e.g. an employment contract or commission agreement) of some kind; if it does, you can bring a lawsuit to enforce the contract. However, in the absence of a contract, the employer is free to pay you whatever the employer wants: it can cut your wage, eliminate a bonus, make you do more work without paying you more, or only commission you on some, not all, of your products or product lines or sales. All of this comes from the fact that employment in this country is "employment at will"--its terms and compensation are under the employer's sole control in the absence of a contract to the contrary.
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