How can I defend myself from breach of contract if my employer did not give me a job for 7 months?
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How can I defend myself from breach of contract if my employer did not give me a job for 7 months?
I had a contract that I signed in 2007. That employer when I came here in the US was unable to provide a job for me. That is why they endorse me to another company. Several months the company promised me to have a job which it extends for several months to start the employment. During that time I was financially drained because of the long wait for the employment because the company does not provide us money while waiting for the employment. That push me to seek a job because I have a family that I need to provide with. I ask the company before I will do that because there are others that seek employment because the company also was not able to provide the job. As of now they file a case for me
that I have breach the contract.
Asked on April 4, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You defend yourself from a claim of breach of contract by showing one or more of:
1) The other party committed fraud (intentionally lied about something important to cause you to sign the contract; the lie must have occured before you signed, and must have been a lie, not merely a mistake), since fraud can void a contract.
2) The other party materially (in an important way) breached the contract before your alleged breach, since their material breach could let you treat the contract as terminated at that point.
3) Or show that under the terms of the contract, what you allegedly did is not a breach.
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