Overseas Contract Work Title and Description Falsification
I am from Texas, but the company is Virginia based.
I am an overseas contract worker in Afghanistan. I work for a DOD subcontract company. When I was offered the job my contract stated that I was a telecom technician. The recruiter said I would do minor electrical work, such as pulling wire and installing plugs for a couple of weeks on my arrival, but it is not stated on my contract. On my arrival, the progress of the job is more than a couple of weeks to that point. On my arrival I was deemed an electrician to the extent that it is on my identification card. The theater managers of the mother contracting company said telecom work would not begin for six months or more. I have done a good job as an electrician and the mother company has confronted me on working for them as a telecom head worker. Is this not falsification of job vacancy?
Although the above, I was offered a better job in another country. I gave the company two weeks notice so I may begin the new job as soon as the other company can obtain a visa. On the contract it states if I do not give 30 days notice they may garnish my wages for the plane ticket. I understand that but am questioning the whole existence of the contract since I have not been able to do my assigned job. Is the contract null and void since I have not been able to do the contracted job and was labeled another title without my knowledge? They did not disclose the change to me, I feel lied to from the beginning. They also garnish most of my wages for my ticket home. Co-workers are telling me that they have to pay for my travel home no matter what. Is my contract still legal and binding?
I am from Texas, but the company is Virginia based.
I am an overseas contract worker in Afghanistan. I work for a DOD subcontract company. When I was offered the job my contract stated that I was a telecom technician. The recruiter said I would do minor electrical work, such as pulling wire and installing plugs for a couple of weeks on my arrival, but it is not stated on my contract. On my arrival, the progress of the job is more than a couple of weeks to that point. On my arrival I was deemed an electrician to the extent that it is on my identification card. The theater managers of the mother contracting company said telecom work would not begin for six months or more. I have done a good job as an electrician and the mother company has confronted me on working for them as a telecom head worker. Is this not falsification of job vacancy?
Although the above, I was offered a better job in another country. I gave the company two weeks notice so I may begin the new job as soon as the other company can obtain a visa. On the contract it states if I do not give 30 days notice they may garnish my wages for the plane ticket. I understand that but am questioning the whole existence of the contract since I have not been able to do my assigned job. Is the contract null and void since I have not been able to do the contracted job and was labeled another title without my knowledge? They did not disclose the change to me, I feel lied to from the beginning. They also garnish most of my wages for my ticket home. Co-workers are telling me that they have to pay for my travel home no matter what. Is my contract still legal and binding?
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