Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

change in pay scale

I was wondering if it is legal for an employer to change your pay scale without notifying you first. My husband works for a automotive dealership and when he started 3 years ago he was paid for the 40 hours a week that he was there plus 25% of the labor he turned a week. Now they decided that they wanted to pay him what is called flat rate. Which is $200.00 to $300.00 a week less than what he was making. And still doing the same amount of work that he was doing before.


Asked on 5/31/05, 7:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: change in pay scale

Unless your husband was working under a specific contract of employment or collective bargaining type of agreement which prohibited the actions which you've described on the part of the employer, the answer is yes, they can.

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Answered on 6/01/05, 5:21 am


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