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wage dispute with employer, employees rights under PA employment laws
Lewistown, PA
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Posted about 1 year ago in Employment / Labor
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Wages:
i have been employed w/ my current
employer for 6 mos the first month of employment was training which had an hourly training pay of around 15 dollars after that we were to go to a base salary plus commision pool. which would be around 12 dollars an hour plus 200 target pts, all employees that were hired at the same time were called into a meeting today and informed us that there had been a mistake and wages had never been properly adjusted after training and therefore was over paid the past 5 mos. they told us the good news is that we dont have to pay the money back but the bad news is that are paychecks will be adjusted to the lesser amount, it has struck us by suprise and all are woried because it will be about a 400 a month pay cut. is there any laws that would allow us to stay at the higher rate? At the time of higher we were required to sign a contract. - Is this your question? Add additional information Answers (1)
Robert M Fortgang
This attorney is licensed in Connecticut.
Posted about 1 year ago.
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You should check with your PA Department of Labor and/or the U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Workplace Standards Division on the off-chance that they will take a different position. In my view, and we handle hundreds of wage / hour complaint is that the fact that your employer is not seeking reimbursement of this inadvertent overpayment is a very reasonable resolution of this issue for all affected employees. Had your employer taken a different position with respect to this overpayment, you would have likely been required to repay the amount in the same manner and frequency as you received it ...so once again ...this is not an altogether bad outcome. I am unaware of any law that would require an employer who makes an honest error in the compensation of its employees to continue to pay at the incorrect rate. In the end ...the old addage that "right is right and wrong is wrong" certainly applies here. Good luck to you all. Best regards, Rob Fortgang
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