Can a company legally tell me to lie to a customer and threaten to write me up and or fire me for not doing so?
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Can a company legally tell me to lie to a customer and threaten to write me up and or fire me for not doing so?
My company wants me to tell customer’s that I’m a beauty professional, however I
haven’t gone to school for it and I don’t feel morally comfortable doing it.
Asked on July 21, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Connecticut
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that absent an employment contract or unoion agreement to the contrary, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. Accordingly, a worker can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. If you do ot want to make a misreprepresentation to a customer, then you can either refuse to do so but risk termination or you can quit. Unfortuntel, that's about it as far as our options.
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