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Wife's boss is on a power trip. Is this legal?
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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If this is in the US employment contracts are virtually nonexistent.
If a policy doesn’t discriminate against a protected class, it’s pretty much legal. Your recourse is to find another job.
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With the country built into the community name. Less confusion and wasted energy that way.
In the US, the state matters as well.
Not really, it's a private company unless you sign a contract they can indeed make their own policies.
Within the laws of the location of the employer. That's why state and sometimes even local laws matter.
I am pretty sure at any firm bigger than a mom & pop, there will be some sort of written agreement that the employee signs that establishes their intent to work for the employer. That's an employment contract even if it's not labeled as such. For example, they can sue if they aren't paid their agreed compensation. Because there's a contract for them to receive that compensation.
This is not correct. Wage theft is protected by law, not contract.
An offer letter is specifically not an employment contract - that distinction is usually spelled out in the law and also in virtually every offer letter.