Legal Question in Employment Law in Minnesota
Is is legal to have someone sign an employment contract and have them relocate for a job and then the day before they start tell them that they don't have a job anymore because the other person does not need to leave the job anymore?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Without having an opportunity to review the language of the contract, it is not possible to provide you with a reasonable answer. If the contract contemplated the prospective employee would have to move, and contained a specific agreement for a particular job, the "dropped" employee may have a claim for damages. Again, it depends entirely on the actual terms of the contract, and whether or not there was actually a legal contract between the prospective employee and employer, and not merely an informal understanding without any consideration.