I started with my employer on December 07, 2015. When I started with my employer I signed a offer letter only stating my hourly pay, vacation time, and job duties. I never signed an Employee agreement.
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I started with my employer on December 07, 2015. When I started with my employer I signed a offer letter only stating my hourly pay, vacation time, and job duties. I never signed an Employee agreement.
It’s now November 2016 and he wants me to sign an Employee agreement. Is this
legal? I thought that you had to have an employee agreement at the start of your
employment or the employer can be fined. Please advise.
Asked on November 7, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
No, you are incorrect: the employer may make you sign an employee agreement at *any* time. Until and unless you have an employment contract protecting or guarantying your employment in some way (i.e. restricting or limiting the employer's ability to fire you, or gurantying you employment for a certain period or time), you are an employee at will. An employee at will may be terminated at any time, for any reason whatsover. Among other things, that means that the employer can tell you to sign an agreement and, if you don't, terminate you for not doing so. And if you do sign, your continued employment constitutes sufficient "consideration" to make the agreement binding and enforceable. So yes--you will have to sign.
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