Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

I am an hourly supervisor and was discussing moving to a salaried Manager position with my director. When I told him what my hourly pay was he asked why I was not being paid the standard Supervisor rate. I had no idea I was below the supervisor rate. He looked into it, apologized and adjusted my pay rate immediately. I reluctantly agreed to the original rate as a stepping stone to the next level but now that I found out it was not their standard rate, do I have any recourse for back pay? It is $1.50/ hr difference for a year and a half with an average of 15 hrs of overtime per week.


Asked on 9/23/11, 9:37 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

There is no general right to anything above minimum wage (or a job, for that matter), unless you have a contract stating otherwise. From your post, there was no agreement to pay you anything other than the wages you actually received. You can ask, but obviously that could come with risks.

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Answered on 9/23/11, 9:40 am


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