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Compensation pay for time out of work
I have been working security at a site for 10 months and in the 9th month, I switched to the night shift to go to school; 1 month into this routine I got a complaint from another employee which prompted me getting removed from the site until an investigation was conducted. It has been nearly 2 weeks and I have not been updated and the company is not doing a good job accommodating my new schedule which is why I changed shifts. After so long of doing the same thing, I was told that I’m not in trouble but they haven’t helped me at all. I’ve had to miss school to work hours that conflict with my school time. I don’t know how I’m going to pay for it either with all these missing hours and the bills that are piling up. I’d like to know my options and whether I have to wait for this investigation to finish or do they have to pay me while I’m out of work.
Asked on July 16, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Unless your treatment constitutes some form of legally actionable discrimination, or this action violates the terms of an employmnt contract or union agreement, you have no rights to any compensation under the circumstances. An employee is only required to wages for time that they actually work. If your employer does not pay for time an employee is out regarding an ongoing investigation, then that's its policy and you must abide by it. The fact is that in "at will" employment, a company can set the conditions of employment much how it sees fit.
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