Labor Hours/Commission/Minimum Wage
lbaird
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I am looking for information on non-sales commission paid employees.
Situation: Service Technician (Mechanic) for a Car Dealership is paid by the Labor Hour which is determined by the Chilton Book. Each and every job is assigned certain billable time. This is what the customer is billed and determines how much time the tech will be paid for a particular job. The tech is paid $20.00 per labor hour (commission pay). The tech is only paid for the labor hours and does not receive an hourly rate for hours spent at the dealership. One day the employer decides that they are going to have all of the techs come in and clean on a Saturday and pays them $8.00 an hour.
Question(s): Are there any regulations on what work an employer can ask a commission paid employee to do and what they must pay that employee for doing that work?
Situation: Service Technician (Mechanic) for a Car Dealership is paid by the Labor Hour which is determined by the Chilton Book. Each and every job is assigned certain billable time. This is what the customer is billed and determines how much time the tech will be paid for a particular job. The tech is paid $20.00 per labor hour (commission pay). The tech is only paid for the labor hours and does not receive an hourly rate for hours spent at the dealership. One day the employer decides that they are going to have all of the techs come in and clean on a Saturday and pays them $8.00 an hour.
Question(s): Are there any regulations on what work an employer can ask a commission paid employee to do and what they must pay that employee for doing that work?
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Now, having said that, I am not sure whether I am right and in fact am looking for information about how car dealerships determine exempt vs non exempt employees. Just because they are commissioned doesn't make them exempt, does it?
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