If I took a new job and was promised 6 weeks of training, do I have any legal recourse if I never got the training and they terminated me on the 21st day?
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If I took a new job and was promised 6 weeks of training, do I have any legal recourse if I never got the training and they terminated me on the 21st day?
Asked on August 27, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
Unless you had a written employment contract guarantying your employment for a certain or set time, and they fired you during the period your employment was protected, or which limited the grounds for which you could be terminated and they terminated you in violation of the terms of your contract, you would not have any recourse. Without a written contract, all employment is employment at will. Employment at will means that employers are free to determine what your job entails, including whether you are going to be trained and are also free to terminate employees at any time, for any reasons whatsoever. Unless you had a written employment contract, what training if any you receive, what you do on your job, and how long you have your job is completely at your employer's discretion, and you have no recourse for being terminated or for not getting the training or having the duties you expected.
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