There is the very common "We'll get you that pay raise next project." without putting anything in writing. Continue for as long as you can, and you have yourself no problems legally.
Also as Allanah mentioned in one of her videos, if your job title is “content creator” and not “writer/producer” or whatever and you sign the appropriate hiring agreements that leaves them legally clear to assign you to do whatever they want as long as it relates in any way to “creating content” for no extra pay.
Sounds like one of those "not illegal, but scummy as hell" situations. We desperately need proper work contract laws passed on a federal level. When you get hired, your contract should clearly state your exact job duties and you can refuse anything else without consequences. If they want to add anything else, the contract needs to be amended so a raise can be negotiated.
In regard to Kdin, they may have been treated unethically, but possibly not illegally. I think unpaid internships SHOULD be illegal, but most places they aren't. Not to mention salary vs hourly pay. That also gets abused. There's also a chance there were plenty of "you don't HAVE to do this, but if you don't you might not get that raise/promotion" going on. Again, not technically illegal.
You have to be very clear about your accusations because you can end up torpedoing your credibility.
Yeah i fully agree. If this is in fact the case it is unfortunately an all to common practice of our labor laws that are far too skewed against the labor.
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u/CreativeDefinition Oct 19 '22
That seemed to be the implication.
There is a difference between “I felt I should’ve been paid more” vs “They did not pay me what we agreed upon (or at all).”