Can an employee reduce your pay if you do not give a 2-week required notice in a resignation?
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Can an employee reduce your pay if you do not give a 2-week required notice in a resignation?
My employer has brought salaries down to minimum wage when an employee did not give the 2-week notice. I am afraid to give the notice because she is the type of person who will strangely have my regular check delayed. I know I will eventually receive my checks owed but can she legally reduce my salary if I do not give her the 2-week notice? The company states in the handbook that such a notice is required.
Asked on July 14, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
She can reduce it from the time between you give her notice and when you stop working, but she cannot do it retroactively for any work you have already done. Example: Monday you tell her that Friday is your last day. Assuming she lets you work until them (she could legally treat the notice as effective immediately), she could pay you at minimum wage for Tuesday - Friday, if she tells you that's what she's doing. The change can only be prospective, not retroactive, and she needs to tell you she is making it.
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