Hello, and thank you to anyone who can answer any questions regarding a few questions that I have about the company that I work at.

I am a restaurant manager, I have been at the place that I work for a little over 2 years. The following things that have happened have happened to me, and other managers where I work. Are the following things that the company that I work legal? I live in Ohio.

1.) I am a salaried manager. As a salaried manager, if I work over 40 hours a week, I get nothing extra in my check, but if I work 39 hours, they dock my pay.

2.) I went on vacation last year. At the time I was an hourly manager. When I came back from vacation, they changed my status from hourly to salary without my consent.

3.) If a manager takes tables to help a server who is overwhelmed, the manager is not allowed to keep the tip. The tip is deposited at the end of the day not as a "tip" but as a "sale."

I've read the employee handbook and there is nothing in there that says anything about these issues.

Thanks to all who can give me some answers.

Unfortunately for you the employer can and will probably keep making up their own rules as they go along. An employee handbook is just that and not a set in stone type thing.

1. Yes, they can do this if you miss an hour but it's not worth fighting over. Although not "right" they are the ones making the rules here.

2. They don't have to have your permission to change your status, sorry.

3. A lot of restaurants do this sort of thing. Apparently your employer needs every dollar they can get right now.

Yes they are all legal. Although I am not sure about the changing you from hourly to salary without consulting you first.
Many businesses are resorting to these type things to keep from losing money out of their own pockets.
Where I work they are starting to hire from labor agencies so that they do not have to pay any benefits.