Is it legal for a company to contract you for a month to work out of state and suspend the signed agreement in 17 days?
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Is it legal for a company to contract you for a month to work out of state and suspend the signed agreement in 17 days?
The contract consisted of a wage agreement, food and gas allowance(travel home or not), and free housing. The job was for a month and it ended in 17 days.
Asked on June 17, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, Georgia
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Unless you had a written contract that guaranteed the job for a month, this is legal. Without a contract, employment is "at will," meaning that no reason is needed for a company to lay off workers.
The only exceptions to this are for things like illegal discrimination, or retaliation for using basic rights like filing a worker's compensation claim. There wasn't any suggestion of anything like that in your question, but if there are other facts that you think might point in that direction, please have an attorney in your area review your entire case, for advice you can rely upon. One place to look for counsel is our website, http://attorneypages.com
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