My wife just accepted a full time position with a local company in Dallas, TX. She signed an Employment Offer Letter stating that it was a full-time position. She has worked there 3 days and now she has been told that the position is now a part-time position and they are reducing her hours to 30 per week. Can we do anything about this since she signed an Offer Letter to accept a full-time position and now they've switched once she started working?
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She can walk out without notice. You can look at what the offer letter said--they can be bound to it, but I'll bet it has a 'no guarantee of continued employment' clause on it.
Fighting it would take a lawyer, and she'd have to show damage (what job did she leave for this) to get anything. It may be worth a shot if she lost money and really got screwed with this deal. Most likely, she just needs to find another job.
If I were treated so shabbily by my new employer, I would not feel like I owe them anything at all. If she wants to look for jobs online at work, take a day to interview somewhere, or quit without notice, that would not be immoral in this instance. If the employer won't treat employees with honesty and decency, there is no reason to be decent back--the work ethic has already been broken.
Management has the right to limit hours unless you are part of a collective bargaining unit/union.
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