Legal Question in Employment Law in Canada
Salaried employee
If my manager tells me I have to travel for 1 week 1200 miles away for something I don't believe in
Do I have to go just because they pay me a salary?
It is out of the ordinary for me to be travelling for work
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Salaried employee
You do have to travel, if you want to keep the job.
There are two situations that may change this, however:
1. You have some sort of disability that makes it difficult/impossible to travel, and the employer would have to reasonably accomodate you; or
2. You could argue that it is a fundamental change in your work duties and effectively a "demotion" (constructive dismissal).
Pragmatically speaking, you don't want to lose your job or quit and then sue. I suggest you travel.
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