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03-11-2009, 02:44 PM
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cut wages without knowing New Mexico
Is there a Law that says anything about a company cutting wages. My company maybe cutting wages on this paycheck they have not said anything to anybody about it. Is there some law that says they have to let you know in a certing amount of time before they do it or can they just cut the wages they have allready took our gutared 40 hours and i have head talk of cutting our wages on my next paycheck which is this friday any help would be appcreated
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03-11-2009, 02:49 PM
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Q #11 here:
http://www.dws.state.nm.us/dws-qlid.html You can see that there is no specific time frame noted. So, you could show up on Monday and say 10% salary cut effective today, and that would be legal.
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03-11-2009, 02:53 PM
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Your state is not my state, so this will be a soft answer. The general rule of thumb is that wages can be changed on a go forward basis only. If for example (pretending that I am your employer) I was to notify you right now, I could legally change your rate starting tomorrow in most states, but I could not change the rate for work already done. There are some other potential complications. If you are Non-Exempt, I cannot take you below minimum wage. If you are Exempt Salaried, I cannot take you below $455/week (federal). If you have a contract, then the contract wording might be a problem.
I do not know what NM specific rules are. There is a chance that NM might not know what NM specific rules are (some states do not have clear decisions on this matter). In that absence of clear rules, then basically should this go to court, then whatever the court feels like on that day are what the rules are.
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03-11-2009, 03:40 PM
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i see on workforce solutiouns that they can cut it but they must advise the employee or the new lower rate before the hours are worked witch in my case is the oppsite if they do cut it will be on this pay check and no one has told me any thing as well as the other employes to so what to do if they do cut out of this pay check with out adviseing
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