legal to lower someones pay for same job

[babzacious]

is it legal to lower someones pay that they have been recieving for 4 or five yrs buut theyr still doing the same job

[Paralegalstudent]

Your employer can lower your pay as long as in doing so
1. You are still paid at least the federal or your state's minimum wage (which ever is higher is the one they have to go by),
2. They don't violate a union contract you are covered by,
3. They don't violate an employee contract you are covered by (usually only senior managers or officers of companies have these),
4. They don't lower your pay due to discriminatory reasons (i.e. due to your race, religion, sex, etc),
5. They don't violate the Fair Labor Standards Act, which has some wage requirements for certain employees that are considered exempt from this particular law.

[antkmom]

Unfortunately this is legal. Your employer has to pay minimum wage and can't lower it due to any discrimination.

This has happened in our town to some of the workers at the local grocery store.