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Can your pay rate change ,if you change job titles? |
I've been with a company for 1yr. Now due to budget issues , my positions changing from dept. head to regular employee. Legally do I have to take a pay cut . Or do they have to continue to pay me my normal hourly wage? Pay rates and their correlation to titles are established by each individual company. The only legal requirements that govern pay have to do with adhering to wage and hour laws (paying overtime, giving rest/meal breaks, etc.) and not discriminating (not paying all Hispanics in the company less than all Whites, for example.) There is no requirement that the company must keep you at a certain rate of pay; if your job/title is changed, the company can change the pay rate commensurately. Any company can change your wage to anything they please at any time unless you are under a contract. They must of course keep the wage above minimum wage. legally yes they can cut your pay but then they probably wont because of the paper work You are typically paid based on the job description and the pay scale attached to that job description. If you are now working at a lower level of job description you may end up getting paid less. It all depends on where you are in the salary scale structure. Hope this helps. if it does, it should only go up............ Most private non-union employement is "at will" employment, as long as they are not discriminating against you, you have no say. You could quit! You do not need to take a pay cut -- but you do not need to continue to be employed by the company either. They do NOT need to continue to pay you the same if your job duties have changed. |
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