Insight; my team used to be hourly and work would dictate that we have to be in the office 8 hours and take a minimum of 30min of lunch. At the beginning of the year they moved us to salary under the guise(lie) that they were moving us up a rung on the corporate ladder and would give us a raise (pay cut with OT cut).
Now 9 months later they’re trying to dictate that we still have to be in the office 8 hours with a mandatory hour for lunch. While we’re all pretty much still working 8-5 anyways and some of us 7-5, the official office hours are 9-5 and management is forcing us to take an hour or more of PTO if we need to leave early for any reason and trying to dictate the hours we’re required to be in office like we’re still hourly employees. Can this be fought in any way? I’m not trying to say that I’m salaried so I can come and go as I please, I just don’t feel like it’s right for them to try and nickel and dime us on hours and pto
In Texas.