betrayed by a demotion
I was in a positon for a year and two weeks. I recently switch locations. My new boss had rumors going around that she didnt working under her. She had a friend, she had in m ind for the job. I felt she had me under a microscope form day one. In dec, my eval stated i was deficient in certain areas. On my eval. the my boss made an agreement that she was going to upgrade my training. 5 days ago i get a call to the main office. they stated they were going to demote me, they wanted it to be my choice. yet they aadmitted they were at fault. they gave me no options but to be demoted. do i have any rights here?
1 answer | asked Jan 11, 2003 08:34 AM [EST] | applies to New York
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I have to make two assumptions to anser your questions: 1) you are not working for a government entity; and 2) there is no union involved. My answer would be very different if either condition were true.
The answer lies in the Employment at Will Doctrine, which in this case can be expressed as follows: An employer can change an employees term of employment at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. As a result, an employer need not be fair to an employee or even tell the truth to an employee. An employer may even mislead an employee.
This is a very harsh rule, but it is the basic law in New York. Another way of expressing the rule is that an employer has no obligation to act in good faith with respect to its employees.
Thus, with the assumptions noted above, I doubt you have anything to go on.
posted by David M. Lira | Jan 14, 2003 08:31 AM [EST]
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