Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Re: Wage reduction

If your written agreement is for a set duration and provides for a certain salary, then the employer is bound to pay you that amount for the term of the contract. If it's open-ended, the contract is deemed "at will," meaning that you or the employer may terminate the arrangement at any time.

I would have to see the agreement to give you a better answer.

Re: Wage reduction

If you have a signed agreement as per your salary, it is possible to argue that you have a contract. The issue then becomes the term of the contract. The first thing you should consider doing is to document by letter that no such discussion took place and that you never agreed to the salary reduction. It is a bit risky because they could terminate you. But if you beleive you have a valid contract,you could fight to be paid on it citing their breach.

There are 2 other alternatives: Accept the lower pay and keep working your job or find alternate employment.

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