I work at a mental health facility in Arizona. I was originally hired into a salaried position for 32 hours a week, which I accepted because that allowed me to continue doing college. About 2 months after starting, they told me that they fucked up and the position needed to be 40 hours a week.. I told them that this was the schedule we agreed upon and if they wanted me to work more, they should pay more because that would essentially be a pay decrease. After some discussion, I told them I'd be willing to work 36 a week working 3 12-hour/shifts, without a pay increase, and they agreed. Recently I get pulled into HR telling me that my position doesn't meet the requirements of a salaried position by the DOL's standards, and they they would be switching me to an hourly rate.
I've already done that math a couple times and I found that at my original 32hr/week schedule I was making roughly 29$/hr, after the change to 36 that decreased to about 25$/hour.. When they converted my pay, they based it on a 40hr/week schedule so now my pay is 21$/hour.
This just seems so shady and I'm wondering if this is even legal? I'm not sure if I've provided enough info to even get this kind of advice, but any help would be appreciated