Getting Paid

Your Salary and Paycheck
You will most likely be paid weekly or sometimes twice per month. Check with your employer. You will always receive less than your "gross" or total salary, as there will be deductions taken out of each check. Your employer should give you a salary statement or pay stub or pay slip, which will explain exactly what was taken out. Depending on your agreement with your employer, you might also have uniform, housing, union membership dues, and other work-related items deducted from your salary.

There will also be taxes dedecuted from your paycheck. After you receive your first paycheck, be sure to review it to ensure your employer hasn't made any mistakes. See the taxes section for more information about your paycheck.

Overtime
As a new employee, do not reject requests to work extra hours. Many companies will pay you one-and-a-half times more than the normal wage rate for extra hours. If they do not, you sometimes will have time off in compensation for overtime. Ask you employer for company overtime policies.

Minimum Wage
See this site for information on U.S. minimum wages.

http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm