What are my right when an employer want to change my job description?
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What are my right when an employer want to change my job description?
My job description is being changed after 9 years of employment. I don’t agree with it and they are not willing to compensate me. I am the only person who’s job description is being changed.
Asked on December 12, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, New Mexico
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
As a general matter, if you do not have an employment contract which sets the duties, title, job description, etc., then your employer may change it any time the employer wants and does *not* need you to agree to the change--and also does not need to compensate you for doing this.
IF the change is objectively a negative one (not merely that *you* don't like it, but worse in some objectively demonstrable way, such as lower paying) AND you can show that the action is being taken to discriminate against you on the basis of your race, sex, religion, age over 40, or disability (or in some states, also family statuts, sexual orientation, or national origin), you may have a legal basis to challenge it; otherwise, almost certainly not.
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