Can I sue my current employer?
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Can I sue my current employer?
Employment offer was given to me in writing by email for a certain annual salary. This offer was slightly less than my current salary but I was willing to accept the small difference due to location of current employment. One week into my new employment there was a pay study done, my position was given market value but was less than the offer that I agreed to per my offer letter in writing. I’m now paid for the lesser salary. Can I sue? I have all documents showing the difference.
Asked on July 30, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
An employment offer, even in writing/email, is not a written contract *unless* it was for a definite term--e.g. a one- or two-year contract to work at a certain salary. If there was not set duration, then the offer was nothing more than a statement of what they anticipated they'd pay you; it did not obligate them to pay you that amount for any period of time (since there was no time period set out) and they could alter your salary/wages at will. Therefore, unless you had an actual written contract for a definite term, you would not, based on what you write, have grounds to sue.
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