The minimum wage increased and the owner is calling it a fiancal loss?

Question

There were adjustments made to the payroll to compensate for the minumum wage increase and to evade paying employers more money ,so on the pay stub from last year it reads >(40 Reg at 6.00, 20 OTat 9.00 )MY CHECK AMOUNT(420.00)and this years it reads> (40 Reg at 6. 67,15 OTat 10.00.) MY CHECK AMOUNT IS (416.80) Did i just take a pay cut?????The company last a work van and has to invest in a new one. Are the employees paying for it???The Manager said i would get a raise in 30 days and i did not yet after 5 mouths. Can he legally change his mind because it was verbal.???

Answer 1

A verbal contract is just as legally valid as written one, but harder to prove. Good luck.

Answer 2

Those amounts are correct...do the math...it's the lesser OVertime hours this year that make your check look short...unless of course someone fudged the time. You earned $26.60 more straight time[more per hour] but $30 LESS overtime[fewer hours].... As to the raise...that's a case of <> Often times managers will say a lot of things to get you off their backs and then immediately forget about it. Or they will use a qualifier like "if you do a good job!"...guess who decides that?!?

Cie La vie!

Last year
40hr Str Time @ $6/hr= $240
20hr Ot.......... @ $9/hr= $180
Total = $420
This year
40hr Str Time @ $6.67/hr.= $266.80
15hr Ot.......... @ $10.00hr= $150
Total =$416.80

Goog luck

Answer 3

Simply put, 20 hours of OT at $9 is more money than 15 hours of OT at $10. That's the main difference in your two examples. All things being equal, you did get a raise, and you are now making more money per hour, and more money when you work OT.

Answer 4

I would get in contact with the labor board and ask them these questions. Something is definitely not right. You might even want to find another job. It doesn't sound like your employer appreciates his employees much...GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

Yes he can. A verbal agreement, if it is even that, is very hard to litigate. Find someplace you enjoy working at.