Can my boss cut my salary even though I am under contract?
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Can my boss cut my salary even though I am under contract?
My boss cut our salaries in half without any notice and made it effective immediately and we are under contract.
Asked on August 9, 2011 California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have a contract, it's terms are enforceable; so unless the contract itself provided some grounds for the reduction of your salary, your boss can't do this. You need to look to the contract to see exactly when, and under what circumstances, and also how--e.g. notice--your boss may adjust your compensation. If it doesn't provide a way for him to do so, he can't; and if it does provide some way to reduce your salary, it may only be done in accordance with the rules in the contract. If your boss violates the contract, you may bring a legal action to enforce it--to make him pay you the contracted salary going forward, and also to recover any back pay you should have received but did not. Good luck.
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