I live in CA and I've been at my current job for approx. 60 days. Upon being hired, I was offered $8 an hour which is $.50 above minimum wage where I live. My pay days are the 5th and 20th of every month.
2 weeks ago, I was told that I would now be receiving "salary pay" at the rate of $1350.00 a month which breaks down to $675.00 for each pay period. He said he calculated this number by taking $16200.00 as my annual pay and dividing it further from there.
To me, this seems completely unfair. His version of annual pay isn't even $8 an hour x 40 hours a week x 52 weeks a year... It's $440.00 less :(
**Plus** I am REQUIRED to be there a MINIMUM of 90 hours per pay period depending on the month. This particular pay period, I worked a total of 100 REQUIRED hours, not including overtime. Is this fair? More importantly, is this legal?
I don't understand how I can be required to work but then not be compensated for it in my salary pay.
Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
2007-07-31 19:24:20 · 3 answers · asked by justine3204 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you accept the salary pay, then the hours become irrelevant, but what you have been paid so far is illegal.
Normally, annual pay is considered 2000 hours - 50 weeks of 40 hours each, because of holidays.
There is no such thing as 100 hours per pay period before overtime. You are required by law to receive overtime anytime you work more than 40 hours in a week or 80 hours in two weeks unless you accept a plan that shoves more than half of the 80 hours into a week (like my wife who works 5 days one week, longer days and then 4 the next, getting a weekday off.)
2007-07-31 19:35:21 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salaried employees are NOT covered by minimum wage. Thus, this becomes a question of what classifies a worker as an hourly vs. salaried. That definition changed in recent years. You will have to contact your state labor office to get that definition. California has better protections for pay disputes. More so than some other states. So, I would definitely go to the California state labor for the real answer, not what residents of other states might have to say.
2007-07-31 19:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what's he doing that makes you think of he's violating the regulation? it is quite helpful to envision the quite hard artwork regulations. the place i'm in long island State, the regulation does not require 15 minute breaks, basically a lunch smash.
2016-10-01 04:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋