Can my employer pay temporary labor more per hour than regular help?

My employer pays temporary labor more than he does me, I am a nineteen year old caucason, most temporary labors are mexican.

Oh yes, and the reason why is because he is not paying benefits to the temporary employee. Basically if you get benefits you employer might actually being paying you a lot more than you see in your paycheck - with paid holidays, vacation days, sick days, taxes, unemployment tax, health insureance, etc. You are also protected in the event that you would lose your job to downsizing or layoffs by unemployment and maybe even get a tax refund at the end of the year?

Peace!

Yes unless you're in a union and they have regulations about that.

Yes but do not fret the temporary employee usually only makes a dollar or so more and their employment is at will and can be terminated any time. They also get no benefits

Depends if they are being employed by the company on an ad-hoc basis or being brought in from a temping agency.

If from an agency they may cost more as you have to factor in the agency fees.

But no matter how they are employed, your employer can pay them whatever he/she wants to no matter what you are getting.

Temp workers also get no insurance, no sick pay, no entitlement to holiday, so when factored in are actually earning no more than you anyway.

An employer can pay anything he wants so long as it is not found to be discriminatory. In your case, you'd be hard pressed to find a case against them.

Maybe your employer is not paying health insurance on temps.

Technically, the wage he is paying for the temp help, about one fourth of it goes to the temp agencies.

Are the temporary workers there thru a temp service? Because in that case it would depend on the contract......if it bothers you talk to your employer....there are other jobs if you are truly unhappy!

yes they can.

Welcome to the real world young man. You employer can do any damn thing he wants. If you are tired of being treated klike a second class citizen in your own country, contact your congressman and complain about it. If we ALL don't start letting the elected officials know we are not happy, they will not take any action.

Some temp workers certainly DO get benifits. The benifits are provided through the temp agency. I know someone who does administrative work through a temp agency and she recieves benifits. Paid time off, health care and holidays.

Your employer can pay temporary workers as much as he pleases, as long as the minimum wage standards are met. As you are a regular employee, presumably you have a contract with your employer that stipulates wages, holidays, pension, etc.etc.etc. It doesn't seem fair, but that's the way it is.

Yes, your employer can pay whatever the market bears - that's how the system works. As long as there is another person willing to take your job at the pay rate he gives you, he'll be able to fill that position - so why should he pay you more? Similarly, if there were plenty of temporary workers around that could do the job, he could pay a lower rate to them.

Yes they can. It often doesn't make sense but there's no law against it.

Yes... however is you belong to a Union he cannot. If it has you terribly upset you can contact your local labor board and explain the situation to them and see if they may find a resolution for you, however, you may open a can of worms that you didn't want to open, and end up with nothing per hour.

Yes he can. The reason being that your employer probably has a contract with a temporary service that requires that he pay them a minimum amount. Or, the contract could allow your employer to tell the temp service what the employee would be making. Generally because these are temporary jobs, the pay can be a little higher because there are no benefits to be paid.