Help wanted: Are commission pay changes legal?
Photo credit: iStock | According to the New York State Labor Department, commission-sales agreements, or any changes to them, must be in writing and a copy given to the sales people affected.
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
From time to time Help Wanted focuses on a single topic. Today's subject is commissions.
DEAR CARRIE: My husband works as a sales representative for a manufacturer. Two years ago he opened an account with a distributor and earned a 6 percent commission on sales generated from the account. Recently, however, the owner of the company informed my husband that it would no longer pay 6 percent...
