Can an employer pay you different hourly rates if it was not verbally agreed or documented at your time of hire? They adjust the pay rate according to what they feel is right! I was hired at $18 and if we are on what they call standby its $15 and then If they feel it was what they call yard time they only give $10hr... Is this legal? And they don't diclsclose this until you see it on your pay stub and question it...
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FlyingRon
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I see in your other aborted thread you are in TEXAS (before others chime in on the absence of that question).
The employer doesn't need your consent to change your pay. Unless you are under a collective bargaining agreement or another employment contract, he's free to pay you whatever he wants as long as it is above minimum wage. I don't know how you define "standby" time, but if you're not at the place of employment and free to conduct other activities, he doesn't have to pay you ANYTHING.
The employer doesn't need your consent to change your pay. Unless you are under a collective bargaining agreement or another employment contract, he's free to pay you whatever he wants as long as it is above minimum wage. I don't know how you define "standby" time, but if you're not at the place of employment and free to conduct other activities, he doesn't have to pay you ANYTHING.
LdiJ
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While I do not disagree with you I believe that the employer cannot do that after the fact.
FlyingRon
Senior Member
Notification is distinct from "consent."
But in Texas, there's no codified requirement for prior notice. The court standard is "reasonableness". Sure telling someone that they would make $15/hr and paying them only minimum wage without notice probably isn't reasonable. However, having different scales for differing job statuses, especially if announced in advance, is perfectly legal.
But in Texas, there's no codified requirement for prior notice. The court standard is "reasonableness". Sure telling someone that they would make $15/hr and paying them only minimum wage without notice probably isn't reasonable. However, having different scales for differing job statuses, especially if announced in advance, is perfectly legal.