No. That sounds like wage theft. If my boss pulled something like that I’d be on the phone with my state’s department of labor so freakin’ fast. If you worked the hours they have to pay you for it.
Even if it weren’t illegal, it’d be a big flashing neon sign saying, “We will screw you over every chance we get, and you will be nothing but miserable working here.”
Security deposit had me reeling. This was written by a moron trying to form legal words and failing
the Employer version of SovCit language
Refer to your boss in all capitals to indicate interaction with their corporate entity, not the person
Throw in blue wax and a silver coin 😁
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I’ll just point out that 2000 North Koreans in China killed their managers and occupied a factory for weeks over something similar.
Oh wow, maybe North Korea is secretly enlightened after all
Check out my ornamental slicing machine. It’s from France.
Sorry, totally brain fart. You were saying?
Why does it have to be this complicated? See flow chart for sanity:
Did employee work? Yes -> pay them in full
Labor board. Especially if this has been provided in writing.
Okay so first off if this a job you are thinking about taking just don’t. Legal or not I have never had a job do anything like this or anything close. At the very best they are looking to screw you, at worst they are stealing.
As for if this is legal (nal) my understanding is that for no reason can a company in the US dock, fine or in any other way deny you wages for any work already performed. It doesn’t matter if you did the work you need to be paid at the agreed rate. They can come up to you and just say that from this point forward the pay will be different, but only for future work.
The one exception to this that I am aware of is if you sign an agreement with them that lets them do this. Such as fines for lost uniforms. Often this will end up in a legal grey area though very few good businesses will do this.
TLDR business have to pay you for time worked. Crash the company truck they can fire you, but that last check has to be in full.
Businesses can tell you from this point onward your wage will lower in the US?
That can’t be legal can it? That’s a one sided change of contract.
We don’t get employment contracts anymore, ever since every state passed “at will” employment laws. Companies can drop you at any time for any reason that isn’t one of a very small list ( racial discrimination, union retaliation, etc) with no notice to you beforehand. They also don’t need to provide any real proof for their reasons unless you file a lawsuit, there are plenty of stories of companies getting wind of possible unionism and they fire groups of people for being late occasionally or the location was underperforming when really it wasn’t.
The vast majority of employment is not under contract. That is why employment can be severed by either party at any time. So an employer could change a wage on an employee but there is nothing saying the employee has to accept it.
Not under contract? What does that mean? Do people just walk in and work there whenever?
No there is an employment agreement, but not a contract. So the employee and employer both agree to the terms of the work. This is just no requirement for the agreement to continue if either party wants to sever the agreement.
Many employment law attorneys offer free consultations and work on contingency.
“Works on contingency? No, money down!”
No this is really fucking weird and authoritarian. I’d leave ASAP.
I’ve had plenty of jobs where you don’t get a check for like the first 3 weeks while they setup the payroll system. Or so they say. Frankly, in the modern day, I don’t see how it’s that hard or takes that long. It should be near instant via an electronic system. Pop my fuckin’ info into it and start tracking my hours from day 1.
Nope, not legal.
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Or, that’s a paddlin’.
Both applicable. Take your pick.
Most likely illegal, but that depends on the “where”. But I think this might even be illegal in the US.
That us a big red flag.
That tells you that people often want to leave that company, and they try to force people to stay. It also speaks volumes about the management culture that rather than entice people to stay they try to make it difficult to leave and punish people for doing so.
Also it’s likely illegal - if you work the hours it’s your money.
It depends what your situation is - I’d only take that job if absolutely desperate and no choice, and keep searching for something better. I’d write off the half month salary but consider options on making complaints to get the money after I had something better lined up.
Even if everything else about the company is fine, I’d be very wary of the management culture long term.
Reminds me of this one place a buddy of mine used to work. They lease the building they operate out of, so that if the workforce decides to organize, they’ll just let the lease run out. There’s also only one entrance from the shop floor to the management offices, and it’s got an armed guard posted at it.
Jesus Christ, did he work in the Gulag?
Close. The company was called Schneider Electric. The only good thing about them is that they offer extremely good healthcare to their employees, what’s referred to here in the US as a “Cadillac Plan”, because it covers the families of the employees, and it doesn’t come out of the employees check.
This sounds more like someone is comparing housing lease agreements to employment to make a point about how shitty lease agreements are and that they are basically legal, but wouldn’t be for employment.
If a company needs byzantine rules around compensation, don’t engage. This was a solved problem centuries ago through much more straightforward means, and these casino-like rules only favor the house.
On top of what others are saying, this text does not adequately describe the conditions of resignation and “if you leave”. This is also clearly not legal copy which suggests it’s not a part of any contract, or is at best paraphrasing the intent of an actual contract of dubious legal standing. Either way, a lawyer would probably have a field day with this.
Also, a resignation can be coerced by giving you a false choice, usually to the tune of “sign this or else”. Combined with the “you didn’t complete your grace period” language, they are more or less incentivized to do this to all but their top performers.
As many have said, this is not legal if you are in the US. You can, and should, file a complaint online. Here is the process: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints
Very much illegal where I live.
Not to mention, if the company has to implement such practices, it means it has a problem retaining staff.
If it has problems retaining staff and solves it not by addressing the underlying issues but by extortion, why would you work for such a company? Their management is clearly incompetent.
