I work for a furnishing company. Our pay is nothing special. It's salary and we all work 50 hours a week. My district manager told my co-worker if he wants to keep his job he better remove his application from Career Builder. My co-worker is a hard worker and gets payed a lot less than he deserves. I told him to call corporate. What should he do? Is this illegal?
2007-07-23 09:47:39 · 12 answers · asked by Saki 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Well, yes. It may not be moral but there is nothing illegal about it.
An employer will be less than happy to find out that an employee is looking for another job.
Your co-worker has choices, either remove the name from Career Builder and stay at a pi**y job or not remove the name and get fired.
2007-07-23 11:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of people being fired once the company discovered that the person was looking for another job. The idea is that the employee is not loyal to the company and therefore the company does not have to be loyal to the employee.
Of course, this will depend on whether the state is an at-will state. In those states, the company does not have to have a reason to let a person go as long as the company does not discriminate for religion, sex, race, and a few other reasons. To me it sounds like the company acted legally.
2007-07-23 09:52:15 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The employment agreement may have a clause regarding "Moonlighting" or working/applying for a 2nd job.
The district manager is doing his job by encouraging his employees to stay with the company, because training costs more than keeping people... but he's doing this the wrong way.
Check with your employment agreement, read it over before speaking with your district manager (or their supervisor) & bring up your concerns regarding oppressive management style or free speech denial. It would probably be a good idea to point out the reasons why someone might think they can do better than their position with this company. What is lacking & why they are a valuable team-member which is under-appreciated.
Your coworker should write out the reasons they are with your company & how they are valuable to the company's goals... and then write out the reasons another job is more desirable, or what is lacking (benefits... etc)
That should help prepare them for speaking with their manager or their manager's supervisor.
2007-07-23 09:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is soooo not legal.. He CANNOT tell your co-worker what to do on his spare time. HE has the right to look for another job, regardless of what the district manager says.
Tell your co-worker to keep a log of everything that is being said, include the date, times, etc...
This way if your co-worker does lose his job he has evidence that can be used against the company, when he sues them for unlawful termination.
2007-07-23 09:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by Jules 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure it's legal. Your coworker is obviously getting ready to move on. If I'm the district manager, I start looking now for a replacement. If one comes along and I think he is more loyal than the other guy, he's hired and your buddy's out. As far as what he should do? Sounds like he should move on to a job that pays him what he thinks he is worth.
2007-07-23 09:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure it is illegal, but I would definitiely call your corporate office. People should be allowed to search for other jobs as long as they aren't doing so on company time or using company resources.
2007-07-23 09:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by mouse_726 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 07:27:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its completely legal- its "disloyalty" in the mind of a corporation, and also shows that they shoudlnt be spending any $$ on him, since he will be leaving soon. He should at least make it unsearchable and just send it out to potential employers, if he's smart.
2007-07-23 09:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by bmwdriver11 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That sure sounds illegal. He needs to make sure he's not using company time or company resources in his job hunting. They could fire him for that. Otherwise, he's got a pretty strong case.
2007-07-23 09:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Thegustaffa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contact a lawyer. He has no right to tell him what to do outside of work. That is also a threat, the manager could be arrested.
2007-07-23 09:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋