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    Default Do Changes in Commission Rules Affect Earned but Unpaid Commissions

    My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: California

    Hi all. I am a property manager in California. My company has a policy of paying a set commission for each lease renewal that we have tenants sign for once their original lease terms are over. This had been going on for many years, but all of a sudden we are being told by the company that lease renewals will not be paid a commission effective immediately.

    We typically submit new lease renewals at the end of the month. If I already had several lease renewals signed for the month, am I legally entitled to the commissions that I would have earned on those renewals, or can the company just flat out not pay for those?

    Thank you in advance for any help.

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    Default Re: Legally Entitled to Commissions

    Here's a couple of sources about commissions in CA. I don't have time to read them so I'll leave it up to you to study them.

    http://www.andreaparislaw.com/2012/0...ommission-pay/

    http://www.laborlawyers.com/new-stat...paid-employees

    http://www.andreaparislaw.com/2011/1...ent-contracts/

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    Default Re: Legally Entitled to Commissions

    You should certainly investigate the links. That said, they gave clear notice no more commissions would be paid on leases received from that date forward. It sounds like the law is in their favor.

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    Default Re: Do Changes in Commission Rules Affect Earned but Unpaid Commissions

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    We typically submit new lease renewals at the end of the month. If I already had several lease renewals signed for the month, am I legally entitled to the commissions that I would have earned on those renewals, or can the company just flat out not pay for those?
    Did you turn those renewals in to the company before the new commission rules were announced?

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    Default Re: Do Changes in Commission Rules Affect Earned but Unpaid Commissions

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    Did you turn those renewals in to the company before the new commission rules were announced?
    Thank you all for your input. I will definitely give those links a thorough read.

    And yes, I had sent in several commission sheets well before (the week prior) the announcement was made.

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    Default Re: Do Changes in Commission Rules Affect Earned but Unpaid Commissions

    They should pay the ones turned in before their policy change.

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