I'm in Florida. I am an inside sales consultant. My employer states I cannot work from home because I have to be an hourly paid associate. Is this true?

There is no law that requires you to work in a certain position but if your position is changed, you may be required under the law to be paid in a different manner and its really up to the company to decide how they want to set up their business and what type of positions they want to offer as it could effect the way they are required to pay you. The only way I can see you having a case or maybe some sort of violation happening is if they did not allow you to work from home due to some sort of discrimination, you can read about that at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's website aka as the EEOC (https://www.eeoc.gov/). The good thing about being an hourly associate is that your owed overtime pay if you work more than 40 hours in a work week, meaning you get paid 1.5 times your regular pay rate.

These are just some of my quick thoughts based on the questions but its always best to consult with an employment attorney as so many different factors go into employment law cases or issues.

Best Wishes
-Alberto Naranjo

posted by Alberto Naranjo  |  Feb 19, 2020 09:12 AM [EST]