California Questions and Answers about Wage payment

Can my employer cut my residual income form commissions if I am absent due to illness/vacation ect
I am a salaried employee who gets commission on top of a small base. Recently my employer started to deduct my residuals by the days I am absent/late ect. (I am 8 months pregnant, going on leave tomor...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 3, 2010 08:54 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

Can my employer change my contract from 10 month to 12 month? Can I find out what other salaries wer
My new boss has handed down to a few of us that we are 12 month employees now, yet my research/flier states that I was a 10 month employee. There looks to be a mix up after I was hired with Human reso...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 9, 2010 12:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Can my employer change my rate of pay?
When I first hired I was given paperwork saying my company would pay be $40,000 per year. After my sixth month review (Note I was hired in Jan., and my 6 month review was done in Oct), they said they ...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 1, 2009 4:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Can a boss pay employees cash for per deim?
This employer has been paying his employees late (2 wks or more) with cash when payroll checks bounce. Once the payroll checks started bouncing, he started paying per deim in cash. He usually shorts h...
2 answers  |  asked Sep 3, 2009 7:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Missed payroll in CA
Hello, I work for a small company (40 employees) The boss did not pay wages to any of the employees last pay period due to lack of funds. We also have collection agencies calling at all hours and have...
1 answer  |  asked May 27, 2009 1:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Docking pay
Im a full time employee and I get paid salary. My employer wants to dock me 1 hour pay for being more than 10 min late and 1 hour pay for being more than 5 min late coming back from a break. He had me...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 11, 2006 10:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

I am not getting paid
In October of this year I was hired as an independent contractor. My pay was supposed to be Net 15 from the date of my invoice. To date, I have not been paid all that is owed to me and they are now la...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 29, 2005 6:33 PM [EST]  |  applies to California