Legal Question in Employment Law in California

what do you do after your employee asks you to take a paycut and implement a watermark on your commission?

I have worked here for a little over a year and had 2 raises last year. i had top sales of 2011. They changed my pricing structure for what I sell and sales have gone down, sales also for other departments have also gone down and now they want to give us a paycut and implement a watermark. i dont want to take a paycut but i also dont want to lose my job. please help


Asked on 2/22/12, 9:10 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Michael Kirschbaum Law Offices of Michael R. Kirschbaum

What you do is you look for another job. As long as an employer is paying the minimum amount required by law, it has the right to decrease an employee's pay just as much as it has the right to increase pay, unless there is a contract that guarantees a rate of pay for a specific length of time.

The only restriction is that it cannot reduce pay retroactively or do so in a discriminatory manner. Other than that, it is time to look for a job that will pay you what you are worth.

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Answered on 2/22/12, 1:34 pm
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Help?

The employer is entitled to set and change hours, duties, titles, compensation, benefits, leaves, vacations, holidays, policies, rules, etc. just not retroactively.

The employee is entitled to quit and seek new employment or accept the changes and stay employed so long as the company wants to keep them.

Your choice.

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Answered on 2/22/12, 2:37 pm


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