My husband recently left a job for better paying position with another company in the same field. The new company does not d...
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My husband recently left a job for better paying position with another company in the same field. The new company does not do offer letters, but we do have e-mail of the exact salary he was to be paid. The verbal agreement was that he was to be hired for a specific position paying a specific amount and that he would be given a three week learning curve as he would be in a different market and all companies have different policies and procedures.
Two days after working there, they told him, “we're sorry, we thought you were more of a ‘plug-n-play’ person that could jump in immediately and do the work.” They then told him that he could have another position (paying $16,0000 a year less). He asked if he had any other options and they said no. The problem is that he is the sole provider for our family of five; he left a job paying better than the position they have now switched him to, and he turned down two other offers at other companies to take the originally offered position and salary. He asked for a meeting with the Top Management to ask what and why all this happened; it has been four days and they still have not met with him or given him a time to meet.
Do we have any rights here? Can a company hire you for a position, offer you a specific salary, agree that you will have a learning curve and then change it all in two days, dramatically reducing the pay. Does the company have to pay the agreed upon salary regardless if they change their mind two days after employment?
05/10/2007 |
Category: Employment |
State: Texas |
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Answer:
Please read the case at the following link which contained some of the same issues as your husband’s situation: http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/historical/2007/apr/040851.htm
Also, please read the case at this link:http://www.txtrial.com/Riley%20Law%20Firm/Cases/brown.htm