how is that legal if the contract says I work this time and he tells me to work this time. He doesn't want to modify the contract and sign it again. So isn't that wrongful termination!?
thank you, that is all I needed to know.Nope. Nowhere near wrongful termination.
Wrongful termination occurs when you're fired because of being part of a protected class. Google Title VII.
But the contract doesn't say that, so your point is completely moot.how is that legal if the contract says I work this time and he tells me to work this time. He doesn't want to modify the contract and sign it again. So isn't that wrongful termination!?
I gave a signature and print with date and I gave the paper to him to sign. But I didn't witness him sign it..And are you sure that what you have is actually a contract? I would estimate that about 93% of people who post here about their "contract" are talking about an offer letter or employment handbook that is not a contract at all.
While I agree...I do think that there could be some exceptions where changing the working hours could allow someone to be eligible for unemployment if they are fired for being unable to comply. Otherwise, companies could avoid paying UC for employees they need to lay off simply by changing working hours to something impossibly workable...and then firing everyone who couldn't comply. If I can think of that, then surely companies who need to lay off workers could and would think of that as well...and would utilize that.You are not, by the way, being classified as an independent contractor, are you? Because if you are, one of the criteria of being a contractor instead of an employee is that you set your own hours, you aren't being told exactly when to clock in and clock out by an employer.
But if you are a payroll employee, yes, they can set the hours, whatever work hours they want to set. If they fire you for refusing to comply with the hour they select to begin, even if you have a contract or work agreement of some sort, you have no recourse, not even unemployment insurance is very likely, because you are supposed to do what the employer asks, and they have the ability to change the work hours and shifts and such as it meets the needs of their business, not your personal preferences or even what they have promised you or agreed with you they'd be. Quitting the job because they did this would not be likely to be considered a good reason and you'd not likely be approved for benefits, either.
Sure, every situation is different. What they'd look at is the genuine need of the business to change the work hours. For example, if the daylight hours are such that a construction type employer wanted to start an hour earlier, or because there was another reason the job would go better if they started at a different time, or the employer needed to fill a different shift, that's looking pretty legitimate. But creating an "impossibly workable" shift is technically legal for the employer to do, as long as they pay you for the hours you work.While I agree...I do think that there could be some exceptions where changing the working hours could allow someone to be eligible for unemployment if they are fired for being unable to comply. Otherwise, companies could avoid paying UC for employees they need to lay off simply by changing working hours to something impossibly workable...and then firing everyone who couldn't comply. If I can think of that, then surely companies who need to lay off workers could and would think of that as well...and would utilize that.