Salaries in employment contracts vs at will

[rlrl]

What is the name of your state?NY. I have worked for many years for a company and have a professional degree.My employment status is at will.

Some(not all) other employees with the same degree have employment contracts or "letters of agreement" with the board of directors. I know this because the director of my company, when reviewing the employee manual, says "your employment status is at will unless you have a contract with the board".

Though I can't technically prove such employees have a contract (though I'm almost certain I am correct anyway) I notice that just about all of them put in between a 10-12 hour workday. However they get paid for a 37.5 hour workweek just as i do on at will status(I work more than 37.5 hours per week but not to the extent of 10-12 hours per day)

My guess is that they are getting compensated for their extra time via the employment contract.

My question is--are they getting compensated at the highest market rate for the degree compared to those who are at will status with the same degree? I ask because a contract binds the employee to the company and if they try to leave the employer can take them to court and sue. I would imagine that with a contract an employee has no reason to look for a better paying job because they are already being paid the highest market rate

Am I right?

 

[cbg]

You are completely off the wall.

How do you expect us to tell you whether or not they are being compensated at the highest market rate under a contract that we have not read and that you are only guessing exists? Particularly when we have no idea what market you are in?

 

[rlrl]

I'm in the...

mental health field.

C'mon, I'm not that way off base. our own boss told everyone that employees are at will (meaning they can lose their job at any time for any reason with or without cause and in the abscence of a contract the NY courts will uphold the laws)unless they have a contract with the board of directors (meaning some do)

An employment contract works differently than the at will system. A contracted employee in NY state cannot be fired unless they have a contract that spcifies the conditions that the employee can be fired under. If the employee is fired and did not violate the terms of the contract the employee can sue the employer in court

So doesn't it seem to you that the contracted employee is "bound" to the company? Wouldn't an employer who is going to bind an employee with a contract going to pay them top $$$ because they will be locking them in by a contract?

I need someone else who gets what i am saying. I know there are people who know what I am talking about

 

[cbg]

He might. But there is ABSOLUTELY no evidence that this is true even part of the time, let alone all of the time. I still say you are completely off the wall to assume that an employer will pay an employee differently depending on whether they are under a contract or not. The last time I dealt with an employee who had a contract he was paid the same as the other employees in similar positions. He was NOT paid "highest market value" because of the contract. He was paid well, but no better than anyone else. That's total nonsense.

An employee under a contract is still free to quit. They may or may not have to pay a penalty for doing so depending on the terms of the contract, but we abolished slavery in this country quite some time ago.

And just what business is it of yours how other employees are compensated?