Help Wanted: Added duties, same old pay?
Photo credit: Handout | If you have no union contract or employment agreement to the contrary, a company can refuse to pay you higher wages and demand extra hours from you for expanded work, like air conditioning systems. You can be fired if you refuse.
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
DEAR CARRIE: I work for a heating company that has about 30 full-time technicians who install and service heating systems. Recently, one of the bosses became interested in adding air-conditioning systems to the mix. He sent a handful of us who already have air-conditioning experience to a one-day seminar on a new system.
Now, without any discussion between management and the employees, we...
