Is it legal for a company to force you to do 2 jobs without your consent and without extra compensation?
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Is it legal for a company to force you to do 2 jobs without your consent and without extra compensation?
I work for an outsourced call center. A hand full of others and myself, recently moved to a different department. Now that we have been trained and are working for the other department, they are forcing us to take phone calls for both departments, without consent from any of the employees. Further, they refuse to compensate for it.
Asked on June 12, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Oregon
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I'm afraid that you have no legal claim here. Unless you have an employment/union agreement or this is some way violates company policy or is a result of discrimination, your employer can do this.Such an action does not violate the law. The reason is that most states employment relationships are "at will". What this means is that an employer can hire or fire someone for any reason or no reason at all, as well has increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements as they see fit. In turn, an employee can choose to continue to work for an employer or not.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I'm afraid that you have no legal claim here. Unless you have an employment/union agreement or this is some way violates company policy or is a result of discrimination, your employer can do this.Such an action does not violate the law. The reason is that most states employment relationships are "at will". What this means is that an employer can hire or fire someone for any reason or no reason at all, as well has increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements as they see fit. In turn, an employee can choose to continue to work for an employer or not.
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