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Hire rate is different on the check
I was hired at $9.50 an hour. I quit because what they said I was going to be paid wasn’t what I got. Also, I was paying for my own gas for the whole month to go see their clients and then when I got my final check, they dropped my rate of pay to $7.25. Is that legal?
Asked on November 2, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have an employment contract or union agreement you are an "at will" worker As such, your company can change the terms and conditions of your employment, including your pay rate, at any time and for any reason. This is true so long as it is not being applied retroactively; in other words for work already performed. Accordingly, you cannot be paid be less without notice of the change (athough you have no right to refuse the reduction; your only right would be to quit).
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