Legal Question in Administrative Law in California

Employee rights

Can i refuse to do anything at my job, if it's not according to my job description... Like cleaning light fixtures and climbling ladders... I am an aerospace machinist and i am being asked to do that which our maintainance dept. Should be doing...Can i refuse to do it without getting fired, or written up ?


Asked on 10/20/05, 3:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Re: Employee rights

If you are in a union, they determine your response.

If not in a union -- you refuse, you lose. An employer is free to change your duties, hours, etc. If you refuse, they can discipline or fire you. You are an AT WILL employee.

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Answered on 10/20/05, 1:14 pm


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