I was hired for several positions, now the company wants to dock my pay and take away a position, is this legal?
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I was hired for several positions, now the company wants to dock my pay and take away a position, is this legal?
I was hired on the 11th for 3 different
positions, today the owners approached
me and told me they’d be docking my pay
by 4 dollars because the facility
manager needed one of the positions
back since they would no longer ‘have
anything to do’ per the owners. Is this
legal?
Asked on December 2, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Wisconsin
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have an employment contract/union agreement that prohibits this action or your treatment is due to some form of actionable discrimination/retaliation, it is legal. The fact is that most employment is "at will" which means that a company can set the conditions of work much as it sees fit. This includes reducing an employee's job responsibilities with a corresponding decrease in pay. That having been said, this change can only be for work to be done ingoing forward. In other words, it cannot affect work that has already been done. A reduction in wages cannot be done retroactively.
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