They can do anything they want. If you don’t like it, go elsewhere. You could look at it from the other side – She is paying you to sit on your hands for most of the year. When the work gets more technical, she then pays you a premium – which she does not have to do either.
As long as you are paid the higher of the Federal or State minimum wage it’s all quite legal. Of course you are free to seek employment elsewhere if you don’t like the terms of employment.
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They can do anything they want. If you don’t like it, go elsewhere. You could look at it from the other side – She is paying you to sit on your hands for most of the year. When the work gets more technical, she then pays you a premium – which she does not have to do either.
As long as you are paid the higher of the Federal or State minimum wage it’s all quite legal. Of course you are free to seek employment elsewhere if you don’t like the terms of employment.
As long as you are making at least the minimum wage, your employer can pay you whatever you are willing to work for, and can raise OR lower your pay.