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    Default Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Maryland
    Today was pay day, and when 4 full time supervisors received their direct deposit, we all noticed a week's worth of pay was missing. When we inquired about this, our boss decided to inform us that our job titles have changes and we were being dropped from salary to hourly employees (not due to disciplinary actions-but due to the company being acquired 4 months ago.) 500+ employees were told in an acquisition meeting by the CFO, that no monetary status would change in 2014. Well, in the past 2 weeks, they have dropped our differential and moved us to hourly employees, not allowing for overtime. My question is, since we were given a different pay structure and title, shouldn’t we have been told and given some type of “grace period” or warning? Also, should we have to sign new contracts or agreements? Also, if our department closes, we were promised a severance, as salary employees. Now that we are hourly, can they decided there will be no severance paid if our department closes?

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    Default Re: Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    Also, should we have to sign new contracts or agreements?
    do you have a contract now? If so, have they breached it by changing your pay? If so, deal with that problem. If you do not have a contract, no written contract or agreement is required.


    as to changing your pay method:

    did your effective pay drop?



    what the CFO said previously is not enforceable.

    not allowing for overtime.
    not allowing or not paying for overtime? If simply not allowing; that is their prerogative. If not paying, then there is a problem.

    Also, if our department closes, we were promised a severance, as salary employees. Now that we are hourly, can they decided there will be no severance paid if our department closes?
    ask them. They can terminate the offering of a severance package if they so choose, just as they can change your pay method or even your pay rate.

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    Default Re: Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    Maryland is one of the very few states that has a specific law requiring a specific period of notice before changes to an employee's wage structure.

    That being said, jk is correct in his assessments of the overtime and severance issues.

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    Default Re: Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    [QUOTE=cbg;787448]Maryland is one of the very few states that has a specific law requiring a specific period of notice before changes to an employee's wage structure. "

    So does this mean they were required to give us a notice BEFORE changing our pay structure? Because we were never told.

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    So does this mean they ARE required to notify us before changing our pay structure?

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    Default Re: Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    Yes. In your state (this does not remain true in all states) if your pay is LOWERED, notice of a full pay period is required. Notice of a pay increase is not required. Obviously notice that your pay is remaining the same is not required.

    https://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/w...ngeofpay.shtml

    So if the new pay structure results in your pay being reduced, he was required to notify you a full pay period before it went into effect.

    However, let's address one other question - overtime. THERE IS NEVER, IN ANY STATE, A REQUIREMENT THAT AN EMPLOYEE BE ALLOWED TO WORK OVERTIME. It is unclear what your statement about OT, above, means. If you are working overtime and not being paid for it, that is illegal. But if you are not being allowed to work overtime, that is legal. And if your pay is reduced solely because you are no longer being allowed to work overtime, and thus not receiving overtime pay, that is not a reduction for which the state requires you be given notice.

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    Default Re: Sarlaried Employee Being Changed to Hourly

    I don't understand. Salaried employees do not get overtime. That is why they are called salaried. Do the job for the salary. Hourly employees get overtime after working (usually) beyond 40 hours. So what am I missing?

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