Decreasing wage after hire

[SonjaNovotny]

I recently accepted a position with a new company. However, for extra income, I agreed to continue working with my previous employer just on the weekends and in my free time. We agreed verbaly that my hourly wage would remain at $10 an hour.

They informed me today that they are decreasing my wage because my responsibilities are not the same as when I was initially hired in Sept. I do not think that they have the right to do this, and that if they wanted to decrease my wage that it should have been stated at the time of the "rehire," not one month later.

Please let me know if I am correct.

Thank you in advance,
Sonja Novotny

Denver, CO
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (303) 285-3480 x9676



[This message has been edited by SonjaNovotny (edited April 17, 2000).]

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SonjaNovotny:
I recently accepted a position with a new company. However, for extra income, I agreed to continue working with my previous employer just on the weekends and in my free time. We agreed verbaly that my hourly wage would remain at $10 an hour.

They informed me today that they are decreasing my wage because my responsibilities are not the same as when I was initially hired in Sept. I do not think that they have the right to do this, and that if they wanted to decrease my wage that it should have been stated at the time of the "rehire," not one month later.

Please let me know if I am correct.

Thank you in advance,
Sonja Novotny

Denver, CO
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (303) 285-3480 x9676

[This message has been edited by SonjaNovotny (edited April 17, 2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


My response:

Sure they do. Let's look at this from the other side of the coin: They have certain job perameters, and those perameters are not worth what they were paying you. You are an "at-will" employee and, let's face it, they could have also let you go, and at the same time, you have the choice to quit.

IAAL


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