Legal Question in Employment Law in Maryland

Re: too much pay

I am not clear on where your concern lies.

Generally speaking, wage and hour law in Maryland (and the federal laws) is concerned with employers who underpay. An employer is certainly free to pay more than the minimum wage. Probably the employer here is willing to pay a certain total amount for the week, but prefers to do it this way to keep the stated hourly rate lower. As long as your fiance has filled out a W-2 form; and is receiving regular pay stubs, indicating that the appropriate tax and FICA deductions are being taken out by the employer; then she is not doing anything "illegal."

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