Can I company changed your salary without letting you know?
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Can I company changed your salary without letting you know?
A family member states that her job decreased her pay by $20,000 without notification.
Asked on February 3, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
An employer can decrease a worker's wages without notification providing there is no union agreement or employment contract stating otherwise. That having been said, an employee's pay can only be reducded for work yet to be performed; work already completed must still be paid at the old rate. In other words, wages cannot be decreased retroactively. The fact is that absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a business can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
An employer can decrease a worker's wages without notification providing there is no union agreement or employment contract stating otherwise. That having been said, an employee's pay can only be reducded for work yet to be performed; work already completed must still be paid at the old rate. In other words, wages cannot be decreased retroactively. The fact is that absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a business can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit.
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