<prompt> Human: My friend has been working for a company for over a year. They are an extremely sketchy company thats run in a way that doesnt seem to be legal. She claims they find loopholes for everything they do and thats what makes it justified but I think shes got a serious issue she needs to fight. She signed on to make X amount of dollars. After a few months she was given a raise. Last week her boss called her in and told her that they dont think the work shes doing is justified for all they are paying her. They told her that on Thursday. Friday she was paid and the payment reflected the decreased rate. She never signed any documents stating that she agreed to the decreased pay. Im not 100 sure she even has documents stating what her rate should have been after the raise. I think legally the company could be sued for either not filing the correct informationapprovals for the raise. Or for lowering her pay without legal justification. I keep telling her to go see a lawyer, file a complaint, or do something about it but shes living on her own and barely able to afford rent. She doesnt want to lose her job over 100 a week. Any advice on where I could direct her to go? or if she has any legal chance of winning if she sued them for something?  <response>: Is it legal for an employer to reduce the wages or number of hours of an hourly employee? The FLSA requires that all covered non-exempt employees receive at least the applicable Federal minimum wage for all hours worked. In a week in which employees work overtime, they must receive their regular rate of pay and overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for all overtime hours. The Act does not preclude an employer from lowering an employees hourly rate, provided the rate paid is at least the minimum wage, or from reducing the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work. 