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I had a salaried position on a 2-year contract that required me to teach students in a post-graduate degree program and conduct scientific research. For most employees, this contract gets renewed to maintain employment. For fiscal reasons, my contract was not renewed and I was essentially laid off. An authority at this workplace promised me by email that I could be re-hired if I obtained external funding to support the research. There was no expiry date on this offer. Within one year, I was able to obtain substantial external funding (all the while searching for other positions and collecting unemployment) to conduct research. The employer has agreed to accept the funding, allow me to conduct research, but they reneged on re-hiring me.
Is the employer obligated to adhere to the emailed statement? Obtaining funding is no easy task; I did this because of what was promised to me. I am now obligated to do the research, but I will not be paid.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I had a salaried position on a 2-year contract that required me to teach students in a post-graduate degree program and conduct scientific research. For most employees, this contract gets renewed to maintain employment. For fiscal reasons, my contract was not renewed and I was essentially laid off. An authority at this workplace promised me by email that I could be re-hired if I obtained external funding to support the research. There was no expiry date on this offer. Within one year, I was able to obtain substantial external funding (all the while searching for other positions and collecting unemployment) to conduct research. The employer has agreed to accept the funding, allow me to conduct research, but they reneged on re-hiring me.
Is the employer obligated to adhere to the emailed statement? Obtaining funding is no easy task; I did this because of what was promised to me. I am now obligated to do the research, but I will not be paid.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?