Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio

I am a Telemarketer for a Construction company in Ohio.

My employer hired me to book appointments for the Sales Representatives.

I am now being asked to sign a "NEW POLICY" which states that I have to SELL a minimum of $10,000. a month and Book 16 appointments a month.

My problem is NOT with the bookings I do far more than that usually. However, I do NOT sell anything! I book for the SALES REP! How can I be held accountable for what they do or don't do?

The other problem is the owner/sales rep. and the other sales rep. on a WHIM decide they are NOT going to GO on these appointments. I have NO Control after I set up the appointment.

I was told if I REFUSE TO SIGN this "NEW POLICY" I would be Terminated. I asked them for something IN WRITING as to why I was being fired and they REFUSED.

They eventually let me stay for now but told me I was a trouble maker and poising the minds of the other telemarketers who would NORMALLY have just signed this without question.

I realize it is a matter of time before I am gone. So what should I do to protect myself? And have PROOF I did not just walk off a job?

Thank you,

Crazed in Ohio Construction

WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED SO FAR?

Union Labor Board--we are NOT a union.

Referred me to contact the Ohio Bar Association for an attorney on Employment (I thought I would try here first!)

Labor & Wage Division referred me to a government website.


Asked on 6/23/10, 10:18 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Neil Rubin Neil S. Rubin, Attorney at Law, LLC

This message is not meant to: 1) contain my signature; 2) contain legal advice; 3) create an attorney/client relationship; or 4) guarantee confidentiality.

If you are an at-will employee (the vast majority of Ohio workers are) your employer basically can require any job performance they want. Further, they are not required to give you ANY reason for termination. You, on the other hand, are free to find another job. In Ohio, this is the default condition for employment. Sorry, I could not be more encouraging.

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Answered on 6/24/10, 11:01 am


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