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Good Evening. As a successful salesperson for the same company for 10+ years, earning 400k plus I was asked to take over for my boss who was retiring. I was given 2 years of uncapped income, to basically do both my job and his. Shortly after I accepted my team saw their commission capped. I signed a contract that reduces my compensation at the 2 year anniversary, which is coming up very soon. I had no choice to accept, as I had a very large amount at stake if I refused to manage as my commission would have been capped immediately, and I had sales worth about 800k in commission on the books but not paid yet. They intend to pay me $200k a year in salary to manage the company with no commission once the anniversary passes, and thankfully I’ll be paid out for existing sales at year end. As part of my compensation for the last 2 years, the only « perk » to manage is that I earn 1% in shares for every million in net profit after tax and expenses. I figure this might be worth 400-500k by the time I intend to resign in December. I’d like representation to ensure I don’t make any mistakes, and can get all I’m entitled to.

We are a small business, and will be closing our firm due to success planning. WE plan to provide our employees with appropriate working notice. However, if we wish to extend the working notice period to an employee at the end of the working notice period, can we do so and if so, what considerations must we adhere to.?

Can an employer take money off my paycheck without notice or authorization because they overpaid the week before

My work paid me for a full week vacation (40) however, I only had enough vacation pay to cover 4 days (32 hours) banked and I was told I would only get paid for 32 hours ahead of time. Fast forward to the following pay. My job deducted the 8 extra hours of pay without any discussion or authorization. Which resulted in my pay being $300 less then expected. With there being 4 months remaining of the work year, I would've accumulated (banked) more vacation pay which would've made the account balanced by year end. Is what they legal?

If I was fired without cause after 4.5 months because the employer decided to bring back a previous emoloyeee, what am I owed?