What do I do if my employer is abusing the rights of employees in the company?
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What do I do if my employer is abusing the rights of employees in the company?
My employer is currently abusing the rights of employees in the company. People are afraid to question her ridiculous spontaneous policies that are being drawn up on an ad-hoc basis because they do not want to be fired for fighting as these employees are underqualified and have no where to go. For example, there is no employee contract – which allows her to pull off ridiculous policies such as deduction of salary and counting sundays as annual leaves if an employee was to take saturday and monday off for holidays sunday in between will count as part of the leave. Aside from that, those who question her authority are likely to be fired.
Asked on November 2, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Alaska
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Typically, absent an employment contract or union agreement to the contrary, a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This is known as "at will" employment. Accordingly, unless your treatment constitutes some form of legally actionable discrimination or retaliation (which you did not indicate to be the case), your employer's actions are legal. Unprofesstional but legal.
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