Is my company defrauding me of potential wages?
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Is my company defrauding me of potential wages?
I am full-time employee at a company. On my human resources page for the company, it lists my annual salary at 26,000 a year but I am paid hourly at $12.50 an hour. The company has deliberately overstaffed and continually cut employees’ hours over the past 5 months. So, as a full-time employee I am only scheduled 3, 8-9 hour shifts per work week. Next month I am only scheduled 10 shifts accounting for 83 hours total. Again, I am full-time employee. How is this legal?
Asked on July 12, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Is there an employment contract or union/collective bargaining agreement that prohibits this action? Does it is some way constitute some form of legally actionable discrimination or retaliation? If not, then as an "at will" employer, your company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This includes what hours to schedule its employees. Accordingly, you can either accept your schedule, complain and risk termination, or quit.
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