Q: Can my employer not pay out a new commission/bonus structure, after they already told us it was live?
In late Aug or early Sept we were notified that there would be a new commission/bonus structure starting in the middle of Sept. Meet certain metrics and you can get an additional 1 or 2 dollars per hour of worked depending on where your metrics fell. All of october no one got commissions under the platitude, it's coming- they changed it to monthly payout instead of biweekly as it had been prior. Today we were notified that in the interest of all employees they decided to take the average commission we received in the past 6 months and doubled it. That number is 105 dollars short of what I should have gotten under the new commission structure. The reasoning? Over half the staff wouldn't have gotten a bonus so this is what's fair for everyone. I would have received a bonus under the new policy. I have documents showing this is what they agreed to pay out, now they are refusing. The number they are paying doesn't even add up so I'm not sure they are being truthful. Is this legal?
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