If you are hired with the explicit understanding that your company will be providing transportation to and from your home to your place of work but then suddenly stops, can it in turn terminate you for job abandonment?
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If you are hired with the explicit understanding that your company will be providing transportation to and from your home to your place of work but then suddenly stops, can it in turn terminate you for job abandonment?
It transported for 6 months but then abruptly stop with no notice and only justification is “it takes too much time”. Is there any type of recourse available to the employee?
Asked on September 4, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, New Jersey
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
No, unless there is a written employment contract guarantying you transportion, your employer is free to change the terms and conditions of employment at any time, such as by eliminating transportion and they could then terminate you for abandoning your job if you can't get there. They also could have simply terminated you right away if they wanted, wthout first eliminating the transporation that is because without a written employment contract, you were an employee at will and as such, your job could be changed or eliminated at any time, for any reason, without prior noticing.
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