All Questions and Answers about Wage payment

Pellegrino v. Robert Half International, Inc.
I have been task with ensuring our current pay practices are in-line with the current FLSA regulations. My organization has notice that there have been some talks lately in regards to how employers pa...
1 answer  |  asked May 15, 2013 12:53 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

My employer is reducing my pay a dollar based on two reasons that are untrue, can she do this?
First reason is that I do not do the inventory anymore,and the fact is that I got a dollar raise in July, 2012 and I started the inventory in Nov. 2012. I never got a raise to do inventory. Secondly, ...
1 answer  |  asked May 1, 2013 8:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Can an employer not pay you for time worked because of a failed drug screen?
I got a job with a community action group and was not aware of the drug screen. After I found out, I felt that I would pass since it had been quite a while since my last use so I took the test and hop...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 17, 2013 09:24 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

CAN MY PAY BE CHANGED FROM SALARY TO HOURLY FOR NO REASON
My boss has been upset with me for a couple of months basically doing anything he can to get under my skin. He knows that I am the only one in the family working so I took on a part time job which in ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 14, 2013 5:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Refusal to pay wages, overtime and in timely fashion
I recently took the position of "Assistant Manager" with an hourly rate of $10/hr at a new Restaurant/Sports Bar/Ale House in the NW suburbs of Chicago on November 8th. I kept record of the hours work...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 8, 2012 9:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Resigned, then terminated, policy for vaca pay differentiates between vol/invol
In Pennsylvania, an at-will state, a 7-year management employee resigns and provides the required 4-week notice and is immediately terminated. Written formal Policy Manual is in place and states payme...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 7, 2012 11:36 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Can an employer garnish my wages for a broken laptop?
Simply put I spilled my drink on a work computer and it needed to be replaced. Is it legal for them to hold me liable for that laptop and garnish my wages for the cost of a new one?
1 answer  |  asked Dec 6, 2012 2:47 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Deduct from pay not authorized; did not follow through on terms of employment
This employer has a policy to withhold one weeks pay from employees for not reason at the start of hire. The employee is entitled to receive those funds back at the end of their employment, if ever. I...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 29, 2012 2:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Do employers have to pay you before a company observed holiday?
I have a friend who works for a company that will be observing Thanksgiving on both Thursday and Friday. The company will be distributing checks out today, Wednesday, however the checks are postdated ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 21, 2012 1:30 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

We have one employee, Can we pay rent/utilities in lieu of wages?
We (Board of Directors) own and operate a large camping/recreation facility in the mountains of North Calif. We have one contract employee who lives on site in an apartment that we pay the rent and ut...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 20, 2012 5:20 PM [EST]  |  applies to California