Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Hello,

10 month ago, my employer transferred me to a different department, on the ground of training me to take over the department and stated I will be promoted to the department manager within 9-12 month. The conditions surrounding my transfer was somewhat unique and sensitive. They had just fired the department manager and had a pending lawsuit for wrongful termination against them. Hence, they weren't able to hire anyone from outside. I was negotiating with the CAO on my transfer at that time, and he stated that he couldn't grant me the manager title till the lawsuit was dismissed. I had a supervisor title at the time and asked if I can keep the supervisor title, but he stated that will be a legal liability as if they granted me that title, they would have to address the question as to why the supervisor tile wasn't offered to the terminated manager. Long story short, I decided to take the position based on his verbal promise. They managed to win the lawsuit on ground of the false claim that the manager position was eliminated and that they have redistributed her workload among others. As soon as the lawsuit was dropped, they hired a manager for the department and are claiming that I was misunderstood and such promise was never made to me. I am trying to find out what are my rights in this case. Thanks,


Asked on 5/13/15, 12:59 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kristine Karila Law Office of Kristine S. Karila

I am sorry to advise you that unless you had a written contract stating that you would be employed for a set period of time, you are an at-will employee and your employer can change your title, duties, etc. and even end your employment at any time unless they are discriminating against you BECAUSE of your age over 40, gender, religion, medical condition, race, etc. www.attorneyemploymentlawca.com.

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Answered on 5/13/15, 1:59 pm


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