Can a company pay all employees full on-call pay except pay one person for only half on-call pay?
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Can a company pay all employees full on-call pay except pay one person for only half on-call pay?
At my company people work weekly on-call. As far as I can tell, everyone gets full on-call pay except for 2 people in my department. One person gets no on-call and the other only gets half of his on-call pay.
Asked on September 1, 2011 Pennsylvania
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
As a general rule, employees do not have to be treated equally. It is perfectly legal to give one employee less favorable treatment than another (or more favorable treatment) as long as such treatment does not violate company policy, or a union agreement, or an employment contract. Also, if differing treatment is the result of discrimination. So for example, if you have been given less favorable treatment due to your status in a legally protected class, that would be against the law.
Note: There can be no discrimination in employment based on such factors as: race, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin.
The fact is that in an at will employment arrangement an employer has virtually complete discretion id setting the conditions and terms of employment. For their part, an employee can choose to work (or continue to work ) for an employer or not.
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