If I get terminated due to the fact that my company is moving, what are my rights?
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If I get terminated due to the fact that my company is moving, what are my rights?
My branch within a large company has decided it is a good idea to move 10 minutes down the road near the projects to save $500 a month. I am the only female and often get left in the office alone. Not only do I feel unsafe about the move I will no longer be able to make it to work on time because I must have my daughter to her bus stop by 7:35 am. I am not going to leave her standing on the side of a road at 7:00so that I can be to work by 8:00. I have even offered to have my salary cut by the $500 a month my manager feels he is going to save but he said no. I feel as though I have no choice but to let them put me out of a job and they don’t seem to care. Last year I sold over a million dollars for my company.
Asked on February 18, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Tennessee
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
In this situation, you unfortunately do not seem to have any rights. An employer is entitled to relocate its office, whether to save money or for some other reason. It does not need to take into account its employees' scheduling needs or other concerns (such as about the area it is relocating to). Furthermore, if you should resign or quit due to this move, then even though your reasons would be considered good ones by most people, from a legal perspective, you will have voluntarily separated from employment, which means you will be ineligible for unemployment insurance.
What you describe may be a bad decision on many levels, but the law does not require employers to make good decisions.
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