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Do I have any legal options?
I felt targeted at work by a specific supervisor, so I scheduled an appointment with the head of HR, who happens to be an owner, to discuss the issue. HR then reached out to said supervisor and informed him prior to our appointment and let him know the situation. This made me very uncomfortable as I still had to work with him. A few weeks later, I was called into his office and told that I will not be recieving a raise for my yearly review though my review scores warranted one and was told that I would be placed on a 90 day probationary period due to performance.
Asked on May 9, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have a written employment contract for a definite term (e.g. a one-year, two-year, etc. contract) which is being violated, you have no recourse: in the absence of a written employment contract, all employment is "employment at will" which means, among other things, that the employer can change or set employee wages/salary at will (including reneging on a promised raise) and can also discipline an employee at any time, for any reason (even unfair or factually unsupported ones), up to an including termination. Without a contract, you effectively have no enforceable rights in or to your job. (If you do have a contract and they are violating it, you can sue them for "breach of contract" for whatever you are entitled to under the contract.)
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