Legal Question in Employment Law in Tennessee

Oral Pay Agreement

I was hired by Best Western even though I had another offer elsewhere paying more in hourly wages. The reason I accepted the one at Best Western was because I was told orally about a program called GCCI in which I would receive $5 per sign up for guests in the program. Now the quarter has ended and the checks are supposed to come out and the employer refuses to pay me stating we have been ''droped'' from the program. The other three clerks were depending on the same thing. I was never informed that this was able to be droped. If I were receiving a check it would be for $2855 as there were 2284 sign ups at $5 each divided among 4 front desk clerks (grand total before split $11,420). When I asked the General Manager about this she started making me uncomfortable with awkward silences and blatent stares. Before this quarter had ended the other three clerks had been paid everytime as promised. Is there anything I can do? Is this even legal? Please help. Thank you


Asked on 1/29/07, 1:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Crone Crone & McEvoy, PLC

Re: Oral Pay Agreement

Generally speaking,if you were promised this payment, then the employer should pay it. There are some exceptions which might apply, but based on what you said in the post, it sounds to me the exceptions will not apply. You should seek out an experienced employment law attorney to help you recover this money.

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Answered on 1/29/07, 1:43 pm


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