Can my employer transfer me to another store just because they want my brother to manage the store I am currently in?
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Can my employer transfer me to another store just because they want my brother to manage the store I am currently in?
I work at one store as an employee and my brother works at another store as a ASM. Since our Store Manager is leaving, they are thinking of promoting and transferring him to my store and transferring me (his sister) out. Can they do this? Do they have to reimburse me for mileage spent working 10 miles away from store I am currently in?
Asked on February 26, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, South Carolina
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Do you have an employment contract? That is the critical question. If you do not, as most people do not, you are an "employee at will." An employee at will may be terminated at any time, for any reason whatsoever--or the employer may do anything short of firing, such as transferring or reassigning that employee. Thus, as a general matter, an employer could elect to transfer you to a different location because it wants your brother at your current store and doesn't want siblings working together. Also, employers never need to reimburse employees for mileage--they are free to do so, whether directly (as in reimbursement) or indirectly (as in giving a small raise to cover mileage), but are not required by law to do this. From what you write, what the employer is doing appears to be legal.
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