IfI rent housing from my employer, canit tell me who can stay over?
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IfI rent housing from my employer, canit tell me who can stay over?
I’ve been work for my employer for 3 years. Last year they started making me pay rent without a contract. I’ve been dating a women for 6 months and she stays in the house over night. She has bid on a few jobs as and independent contractor and my employer is the competition. Can my employer now tell me that she cannot be in the house?
Asked on August 15, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
1) If there was a lease--or an employment contract which covered the house, as part of your employment--then the terms of that lease or employment agreement must be honored. (Of course, those terms could legally provide for employer approval of anyone who stays there.)
2) If you did not have an employment agreement specifying that you received the house for "free" as part of your compensation, then the employer could choose to start charging your rent for it.
3) Similarly, if there is no written lease on the house, then it's an oral (sometimes called verbal) lease. An oral lease is a month-to-month rental, which means the terms and conditions of the rental may be changed on month's notice. That means that on a month's notice, the employer could state that either competitors generally or this woman in particular cannot stay at the home.
In short, unless you had something in writing to the contrary, your employer can most likely put this restriction in place.
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