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Q: can my boss legally give me a pay cut without notifying me first?

my boss has told me a lot of different things since I started this job, but he's continuously harassed me and now I was looking over my pay stub and realized that my pay has gone down. so legally was my boss able to give me a pay cut with any notification?

Steve Hoffman
Steve Hoffman
answered on Dec 10, 2020

Really an employment law question here, and a popular one!

Salary and other work condition stability may be protected if you were hired under conditions-certain contract, or depending on employer's policies or related laws that may cover its government contracts that provide the money...
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