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Taxing Matters
An employer may not change the wages AFTER the work has been done. The employer must notify the employees of the new wage before they do any work at that wage. Under South Carolina state law, if the employer has more than 5 employees, the employer must notify employees of wage changes in writing at least one week prior to the wage change taking effect. If the company changed the wages after the work was done and refuses to correct that, the first step for the employees should be filing complaints with the federal Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.