Re: Salary Employee

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On 12/05/06, Cindy wrote:
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> If you are a salary employee say the agreement was 500.00
> per week, can you be docked of any pay if you have to miss
> a day of work for illness?
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> If they can..... but they just dock you & no one else that
> is salary is this legal?
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1. can they dock?
probably. both exempt and non-exempt employees can ordinarily
be docked for a full-day off work due to sickness. (there is,
however, a requirement that the employer offer paid sick
leave to exempt employees before docking their salaries for
sick days; if they don't, they can't dock.)

2. can they dock only you?
probably. they can't if they're discriminating illegally
(e.g., they dock you because you're a woman, but they don't
dock men who are sick for a day), but otherwise they can.

good luck.