All Questions and Answers about Wage payment

Is it legal for a county government to pay a worker less after a promotion ?
Is it legal or standard fair labor practice for a County government to promote a unionized employee to a non union management position and dictate that the employee take a pay cut from the previous po...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 8, 2010 12:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Is it legal for an employer to switch from hourly to salary with-out the consent of the employee?
The company which I worked for, switched from Hourly to salary so they would not have to pay overtime,without the consent of the employees that were hired on at an hourly rate, also the same company m...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 7, 2010 06:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Bounced Payroll and Late Payroll
I work in a small recruitment firm of 3 people. 2 Partners and I am the Sr Associate. Payroll has been repeatedly late and the June 15th Paycheck bounced (a previous payroll check bounced in 2009)caus...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 29, 2010 1:28 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Working from home
I have a question....I have on several occasions work from home with my former supervisor on several occasions for different reasons and now other staff that get to do this as well. I have a new boss ...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 14, 2010 09:45 AM [EST]  |  applies to District of Columbia

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

$18,000 in unpaid wages and reimbursements - how to pursue
I'm looking to see if I have a case or legal options in recovering unpaid wages and reimbursements from a past employer. About two years ago I started working for a IT services company in Aurora, Ohio...
1 answer  |  asked May 26, 2010 10:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

IL - Commissions upon termination
Our company pays our sales reps commission when payment is received from the customer. If the sales rep is terminated, are we required to pay commission when the payment is received from the customer ...
2 answers  |  asked May 18, 2010 08:30 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can employer (a government entity) change rate of pay and still require my daughter to do same work?
My daughter and a couple of her friends were hired by the mayor of a local village at $8 per hour. At the March meeting, the Village Board decided to raise the pay to $15/hour effective May 1. This is...
1 answer  |  asked May 14, 2010 06:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Temporary pay cuts for performance management
I work for a transcription company that pays by production and conducts monthly to quarterly audits of my work. Additionally, if a transcriptionist can't make out a word or find a term, she can leave ...
2 answers  |  asked Apr 22, 2010 08:14 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

My Employer claims I wasn't doing my job correctly and wants to cut my pay from 13/an hour to 9/
My employer has explained to me that I have been doing many things wrong for quit some time now, she has hired someone else as well to work in the office with me, who is i am assuming taking over what...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 2, 2010 5:01 PM [EST]  |  applies to New Jersey