Can a company change your pay to min wage because you didn’t give a
2 week notice?
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Can a company change your pay to min wage because you didn’t give a
2 week notice?
They say it was in the handbook. However, I pointed out that there a 3 different handbooks and these were hours already worked. I quit on the end of the pay period.
Asked on July 1, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
They can change yoru pay to minimum at any point *going forward*: so if you give them, for example, two weeks notice, they can reduce your pay to minimum from the moment you give them notice, for your final two weeks. (Unless, that is, you have a written contract to the contrary, guarantying or locking in your pay rate; except when there is a written employment contract for a definite or defined period of time, like a one-year contract, which is still in force, the employer may change pay or any other aspect of work at will.)
They cannot change your rate retroactively: for any hours worked prior to them telling you that they are reducing your rate, you must be paid at whatever your rate was at the time you did the work. If they will not pay you at that rate, you could sue for the money: you would sue based on "breach of contract," or that they violated the agreement (even if only an oral or unwritten one) pursuant to which you did the work.
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