What is my boss responsible for?

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What is my boss responsible for?

I lived out of state when was hired for sports construction. Boss was paying for his hotel when he worked in the wichita area where the company is based. He hired someone else from out of state and then moved him to the area. He has stated that he would like me and my family to move to the area as well. Since he moved the other employee, paid all deposits and bought his furniture, he has started charging me $30 a night that I am there while still charging the other employee the full amount of the rent on the apartment. Is this legal since the agreement when I was hired was he covered the hotel. Also I’d like to note that my family and I are willing to move but he hasn’t even offered. My pay has been cut in half because of this the last few months.

Asked on September 3, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

Anything you have in writing in acontract entered into with your boss before you took the job is enforceable--e.g. for him pay for your hotel; or to help you relocate. But if it was not in an actual written contract, then it is *not* enforceable: given "employment at will," an employer may renege or go back on or change the terms, benefits, compensation, etc. of employment at any time, for any reason, except if prohibited from doing so by a written employment contract.


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