Recently, my boss had called me and said,
"Sorry, due to overspending in the R & D department, the company needs to let you go and will pay your salary up the end of this month."
This came to a shock and my notice 1 week before the end of the month.
Should I sue the company for not compensating me after I had worked for 2 years and did more then the company had asked for. Including providing information of new territories and opening the market up for new business venture?
How can a company that is multi-million dollars worth, just lay someone off from the last week of the month and pay them only up to that month only?
2007-07-04 03:51:10 · 4 answers · asked by JC...Living Passively 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
It is perfectly legal as almost all employees serve at the leisure of the employers. Read your contract for exceptions. File for unemployment and go out and find a better job. I lost jobs and after I quit feeling sorry for myself, got out and actually found better jobs.
2007-07-04 03:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by kyghostchaser2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sue them? For what? Unless you have an employment contract that spells out procedure that were not followed, you don't have any basis for a lawsuit. They could legally have laid you off without notice, and not given you any compensation beyond the time you worked.
Apply for unemployment compensation and get looking for a new job.
2007-07-04 11:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean "not compensating" you? Do you mean you've been working there for two years without a pay check and haven't said anything the whole time?? No? You've been getting your agreed upon paycheck? Then they have been compensating you as agreed and they have met their obligations.
Sue them for what??? Be a man, not a crybaby, and go find a new job. You have no case.
Leave our ridiculously overburdened legal system out of it.
2007-07-04 10:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are in a salary position they can do that. Companies have to do that to survive. It would be decent of them to offer assistance in finding another job, though I guess I've only seen government organizations do that. The upside is that when interviewing for your next job/s, you can say you were downsized, and that it wasn't due to your performance on the job. That is a pretty common thing.
2007-07-04 11:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by ready4sea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋