The restaurant where I am a chef closed due to a pounding of snow in the area(NYS). We had to close 3/4 days over the work week. Now the owner is saying he will prorate our wages for those days but we can use our pto to cover it if we have any.
I’ve done some research and from what I can tell you can not reduce an exempt employee’s salary due to being closed for weather.
There people in this sub that are a lot smarter than me and more knowledgeable on the subject of wage law. I was hoping one of you could affirm my research and help me find a way to bring it up.
I’ve worked for them for 8 years and it’s been mostly good. I don’t want to completely burn the bridge.
Thank you in advance!