Can my employer get away with making threats to terminate me if I don’t do something that was declared “optional” by employer to all employees?
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Can my employer get away with making threats to terminate me if I don’t do something that was declared “optional” by employer to all employees?
My employer called a last minute conference 5 min. before closing time for all full-time employees. All came into the room and were seated around the table and he passed to each a “contract” and a check for $100.00. His statement was “I am giving each of you the opportunity to make an easy $100.00, all you have to do is sign this “contract,” all signed and left, I returned his check, and kept my contract. He later said that If I did not sign the contract he would be forced to terminate me. I now feel tortured daily but ultimately he has not yet fired me and I have not signed the contract.
Asked on June 28, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, Arkansas
Answers:
J.M.A., Member in Good Standing of the Connecticut Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
I am a lawyer in CT and practice in this area of the law. At will employees like yourself can be fired for good bad or no reason at all. I do not know what the contract your employer wanted signed, but i must have been something important as he was trying to give consideration to his employees to support your obligation to be bound by the contract that everyone signed. I suggest going to a lawyer to determine whether the contract is something you have to be concered about or at least understand what the contract is about. If you do not sign it, your employer can fire you.
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