Can your boss tell you that you’re getting paid per diem and then fly you up to Alaska and end up not paying you per diem
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Can your boss tell you that you’re getting paid per diem and then fly you up to Alaska and end up not paying you per diem
So my boss get me hired on with Western
Steel and Promises me a per diem flies
me up to Alaska I work a month and I
get shorted on all my hours and then I
get no per diem what do I do and I had
to pay for my own flight home when they
promise me they would pay for it
Asked on November 22, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can sue for the money. There was an agreement, even if only an oral or unwritten one, that you would travel and work in exchange for a certain wage (and being paid for all hours worked) and a per diem. If you were not paid as agreed, your employer breached or violated that agreement; since oral agreements are enforceable, you could sue for breach of contract for the money to which you are entitled. To win, you'd need to establish in court the terms of the agreement and that you did the work, by some combination of testimony, documents (like emails, text messages, plane tickets, etc.) You can also sue for your flight back, since the employer should have paid.
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