Legal Question in Employment Law in California
is a document written up by an employer and given to employee that has outlined your duties and days and hours you are required to work binding to the employer. Does the employee have the right to hold the employer to the document provided such as your work schedule. Another words can they just make you change your work hours because they want to, even if the change may cause severe
family hardship ( possible loss of child custody) they always use the needs of the buisness to do what they want.
1 Answer from Attorneys
The employer is entitled to set and change hours, duties, titles, compensation, benefits, leaves, vacations, holidays, etc. just not retroactively. Employees have the 'right' to pay and employee benefits per the law and company policy as agreed, to be provided a 'safe' workplace to minimize risk of injury, and sometimes are entitled to certain medical/pregnancy leave rights. That's about it. In general, unless an employee is civil service, in a union, or has a written employment contract, they are an 'at will' employee that can be disciplined or fired any time for any reason, with or without �cause� or explanation, other than for illegal discrimination, harassment or retaliation under the ADA [age], Civil Rights [race, sex, ethnic, religion, pregnancy, etc], Whistle-blower, or similar statutes. The employee's goal should be to keep the employer happy.
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