Salary Pay Stub Question – Is this Legal?
Hello! I was curious to get advice on salary pay from my employer. Essentially, I took 3 days off a 3 week pay period because i was getting surgery & they marked it as unpaid as i was planning on applying for SDI. Going into my time off I was working double time as they doubled my workload since I was going to be off. I must have worked over 120 hours, however because I’m salary it would have realistically been 96 hours (2 full weeks + 2 days). I received a pay stub for only 62 hours. They told me that because I’m salary they view the 2 week & 3 week pay the same. (86 hours & the 3 days unpaid were deducted). Therefore since I didn’t complete working that 3rd week I’m not entitled to the 2 full week pay. Maybe it’s all in my head & maybe it is technically legal but it seems unethical. I’m not an expert so any advice is appreciated.
My understanding of salary initially was I get 40 hours a week, period. If I work over time I don’t get paid, but if I leave early on some slow days then I’m still guaranteed the full 8 hours a work day. But they are telling me now that they divide our checks by 24 and if it’s a 3 week period it’s still 86 regardless because “that’s just how salary works”. Can anyone clarify if this is true?