I was recently hired by a company and they clearly stated that I will be getting paid $6 an hour + tips(2% of all food sales). The company was brand new, and had me go through a training process lasting a few weeks before they opened up in which they paid minimum wage. After completing the 2 weeks of training I was finally on my pay of what I was told was going to be $6 an hour + tips. It wasn't until i got my first check of non training pay that I realized that they had lied to me about my wage, and I was only getting $4.25 an hour + tips. I confronted them about this and they said they would look into it. I have confronted them multiple times days after and they continue to say they'll look into it. Meanwhile they have me working ridiculous hours and I'm worried they're going to screw me out of the money knowing that I'm a temporary worker and only working until I leave for college in the fall. Is there anything legally that can be done to ensure that my pay gets raised and they compensate me for the difference?
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army judge
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There MIGHT be a legal remedy.
It'll take months, maybe years, before you MIGHT see any remedy.
Get out now, cut your losses.
Even making $8.00 until September, you'd make more money than what you could, even if you hadn't been scammed.
It'll take months, maybe years, before you MIGHT see any remedy.
Get out now, cut your losses.
Even making $8.00 until September, you'd make more money than what you could, even if you hadn't been scammed.
Just the fact that they lied about my wage to get me to take a job at their company over my previous employer whom also offered the $6/hr+tips, even though the tips from my previous employer would've been less than what i'm getting now. If I had known that they were lying about my wage I wouldn't have even worked there in the first place. Considering that my summer is half way over it'll be too time consuming to apply at other places and find a job only to leave for college in mid August.
Betty3
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Michigan - basic combined cash & tip min. wage $8.15. Max. tip credit against min. wage $5.05. Min. cash wage $3.10
You don't have to be paid any more than this unless you have a contract to the contrary. Your state has a higher min. wage than federal min. wage.
You don't have to be paid any more than this unless you have a contract to the contrary. Your state has a higher min. wage than federal min. wage.
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