If I’m a housekeeper at a hotel, is it legal to get paid by the room?
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If I’m a housekeeper at a hotel, is it legal to get paid by the room?
They recently changed how we get paid for housekeeping. I used to get $8.25 an hour and now it’s $3 for a stayover and $3.50 for a checkout. Some people have told me this is illegal and others say it’s OK. The owner of the hotel says we’ll get paid more but I
don’t know.
Asked on June 1, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Iowa
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
It is legal as long as you are making, on a weekly basis, at least what you have made on minumum wage. Multiply the number of hours you work in a week by minimum wage; so long as you earn, under the new pay structure, an amount equal to or greater than that, it is legal. (If you earn les than that, they have to at least bring you up to what you'd earn at minimum.)
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
It is legal as long as you are making, on a weekly basis, at least what you have made on minumum wage. Multiply the number of hours you work in a week by minimum wage; so long as you earn, under the new pay structure, an amount equal to or greater than that, it is legal. (If you earn les than that, they have to at least bring you up to what you'd earn at minimum.)
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