Company Lied So I Would Accept a Job

[jdmk87]

I was recently hired for a job, which was (at the time of my hiring) described to me as a full-time position. I had applied ONLY for the available full-time position, and was promised by the manager that the position would be full-time. Since I've started (which has been almost a month), I have not been working full-time. Next week, I have been scheduled a record low 12 hours (I have not asked for any time off and have had no disciplinary issues). When I first asked why my hours were so low, I was told I had to complete two weeks of training (part-time), which had not been disclosed in the interview. I dealt with it, and now that I have been fully trained, I am just told that "they will discuss it with management" every time I ask about my hours. I'm on the verge of losing my apartment and my car, and I simply don't know what to do. There are no other jobs available in my area. I can't just quit. Is there any legal action I can take to force them to give me the full-time position I was hired for? (I do not have a contract stating that the position is full-time, only a verbal agreement with the manager and a copy of my application for the full-time position)

 

[Patricia_Young]

Without a bona fide employment, I'm sorry, but no, there isn'y any legal action you can take.

But I have to say, if there are "no other jobs", why wouldn't you have accepted this job even IF it were part-time only?

Were you are on unemployment before? There's a reason I'm asking.

 

[aviddiver]

Truth-in-Hiring

I recently found something called "Truth-in-Hiring" lawsuits which involve employers misrepresenting a position. This is a new type of misrepresentation cases. Please look it up and see if it applies to you.

Best of luck.

 

[cbg]

It doesn't. Truth in hiring claims exist when an employee leaves a lucrative job on the promise of available opportunities, only to find that not only do the opportunities not exist, but that the employer knew or should have known that they do not exist.

An employee who was out of work and accepted what he thought was a full time job which turned out to be part time did not suffer the kind of damages covered by a truth in hiring suit. Nor would a month be sufficient time to show that the employer has no intention of following through.

If the employee's financial condition is as bad as all that and there are no other jobs in the area, I can't imagine a court coming to any decision other than that a part time position is better than no position at all. In fact, if the job market is as bad as he says, then what good would it do him to have turned down the position if he'd been told it was part time? He'd be out any UI benefits (because he turned down available work); he'd still have the bills to pay, and he wouldn't have ANY hours. Or any income. Or any job.