What to do when my employer is causing me stress and I’m getting to be depressed?
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What to do when my employer is causing me stress and I’m getting to be depressed?
My employer has hired another person for my job but told me that I was doing fine and it was just for the growth of the company. They paid him twice as much as I was making when they told me that I was caped out. Let him go and put the son in his place. During that time moved me because I made to much to stay in the department that I was in. I was moved to the new department did well but was constantly asked to move to another department because once again I made too much money in the one that they moved me to. In fear of loosing my job, I agreed to be move with the agreement that it was temporary and if I did not like the position that I would be able to go back to my previous spot. When I asked to be moved back, I was told yes but just days before the change they said that I had to move to yet another department because I make too much money and I could no longer go back to my previous position. This has caused my mental and physical distress and depression. Is the employer in the right to do that? I had a job that I once loved and worked at for 16 years.
Asked on March 21, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless these actions violated the terms of an employment contract or union agreement or unless your treatment constituted some form of legally actionable discrimination, you have no claim here. The fact is that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This inlcudes moving a worker to various departments "at will".
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless these actions violated the terms of an employment contract or union agreement or unless your treatment constituted some form of legally actionable discrimination, you have no claim here. The fact is that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This inlcudes moving a worker to various departments "at will".
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