Do I have any recourse if I was offer a position and accepted but then received an email after I had been

scheduled for training that the position was no longer available?

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Do I have any recourse if I was offer a position and accepted but then received an email after I had been

scheduled for training that the position was no longer available?

Asked on November 15, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, New York

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

There is nothing you can do, unfortunately, unless you had a signed written employment contract for a defined or set period of time, like a one-year contract, which is being violated. When there is no contract, employment is "employment at will": an employer may terminate it any time it wants, without notice, for any reason--even before it begins, by eliminating the position or rescinding the offer. Without a contract to protect you, they could do this.


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