Can an employer make you quit?
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Can an employer make you quit?
Over 18 months ago I asked to retire. My employer asked me to stay 3 days a week I agreed provided they carry my health insurance. I pay my employee portion of my insurance, no holiday or vacation time. I work Monday-Wednesday 24 hours weekly. Now employer no longer wants part-time employee though I am the 1 of 2 being let go. I have worked for my company 21 years no write-ups. They say that they are giving me what I asked for so I offered to go back to full-time that is not an option. So I am being terminated. I did not ask to stop working part time and offered to go back to full-time. Can they do that?
Asked on June 18, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
They cannot make you quit, but they can terminate you at will, unless you have a written employment contrat to the contrary (i.e. one guarantying you a job, or preventing your termination for this reason). Without a written employment contract, you are an "employee at will" and an employee at will may be terminated at any time, for any reason whatsoever, even if the employee wishes to keep working and has been an exemplary employee. Employees at will, quite simply, have no rights to their job.
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