demonhunter asked:
My father had stated to work for a car dealer as a sales man. he gets paid min. wage plus commission. the problem is if he makes more from his base pay than his commission they make him pay back the difference. so if he works 60 hours and lets say makes 500$ from his base pay and in sales he only makes 200$ the dealership makes him pay back 300$. i have a problem with this and i think its illegal. please any one with knowledge of this proffesion tell me.
My father had stated to work for a car dealer as a sales man. he gets paid min. wage plus commission. the problem is if he makes more from his base pay than his commission they make him pay back the difference. so if he works 60 hours and lets say makes 500$ from his base pay and in sales he only makes 200$ the dealership makes him pay back 300$. i have a problem with this and i think its illegal. please any one with knowledge of this proffesion tell me.
No it is not illegal. This is how most dealerships work. They have to give him a working wage this is called a draw. However as a car salesman he works on commission so when his commission check is paid to him he has to repay his draw. If he sells enough cars per month then he never has to take a draw check therefore he will never have to repay it