Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Re: Question about Working Laws

You were put into a tough situation and unfortunately the answer to your question is yes and yes. Yes it is coercive, the way the presented it to you but yes it is legal, they are allowed to renegotiate, just as you were allowed to refuse and walk away. Unless you had a contract for a term (that said you were paid a rate for a certain time period) or were a member of a uniuon, in which case you should file a grievance, they are free to change your rate of pay ,with your acceptance, or terminate you. Financial reasons to terminate are not considered illegal or discriminatory. (By the way, my answer might be different if you turned down other jobs with a higher rate of pay than $8 an hour but less than $9 an hour), but generally speaking, in an employment at will state, you were just a victim of a hard bargain.

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