Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

Involuntary Unemployment

I interviewed for a job that gave me an offer that I turned down due to salary. I then received a counter-offer that I accepted. I left a job of 6.5 years to accept this opportunity, and 15 days after starting with them, they laid me off due to lack of work, leaving me unemployed. Do I have any case at all, including in small claims court?


Asked on 5/09/07, 4:47 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Re: Involuntary Unemployment

Unless you have a contract, employment is "at will" and this was a risk in accepting the new job. For that matter, it is a risk in most jobs. The remedy would have been to request a contract for a certain period of time, or a provision for severence.

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Answered on 5/09/07, 4:52 pm


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