Is it allowed or legal to offer me employment as a college student and then suddenly not want to work around my school schedule?
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Is it allowed or legal to offer me employment as a college student and then suddenly not want to work around my school schedule?
Can an employer that hired me with being made aware during my initial interview that I’m a college student and will need my hours adjusted when semester starts back, and now I’m give me an ultimatum insisting that I must work the 40 hours or I could resign? I’m their top producer along with working on many special projects for them and I’m only asking for adjustment of 30 hours as opposed to 40 hours per week when my semester starts back up. It seems now that it’s all about the money being made for the company as opposed to me doing both, my job of being their top producer
Asked on July 21, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unless your schedule violates the terms of a union agreement or employment contract, it is legal. A mere verbal representation on the company part is not binding. Basically, most employment is "at will" which means that a business can set the conditions of work much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination/retaliation).
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