Work location move to out of state

[marksmith99999]

Jurisdiction

Illinois

I am working in IL and my work decided to move my position in texas. I was given an option to move or not. If I dont, i get laid off. If I decided to move, the letter says that I will have to report in the office 3-5 days a week. I accepted that offer considering i will work in the office only 3 days week. The company now is saying that starting in 2025, it will force people to work 5 days a week in the office.

Can i contest the 5 days a week knowing that my letter says 3-5 days week? Will this be covered under the Good Faith Dcotrine?

 

[Zigner]

I am working in IL and my work decided to move my position in texas. I was given an option to move or not. If I dont, i get laid off. If I decided to move, the letter says that I will have to report in the office 3-5 days a week. I accepted that offer considering i will work in the office only 3 days week. The company now is saying that starting in 2025, it will force people to work 5 days a week in the office.

Can i contest the 5 days a week knowing that my letter says 3-5 days week? Will this be covered under the Good Faith Dcotrine?

You understand that "3-5 days a week" includes 5 days a week, right?

 

[adjusterjack]

Can i contest the 5 days a week knowing that my letter says 3-5 days week? Will this be covered under the Good Faith Dcotrine?

Seriously?

 

[army judge]

Can i contest the 5 days a week knowing that my letter says 3-5 days week? Will this be covered under the Good Faith Dcotrine?

You can try, but I doubt that you'll prevail.

Why?

Unless your skill set is hard to find, I doubt that your employer will eagerly consent to your demands.

But, what the heck do I know?

I'm just some old, anonymous dude on the interwebz.

 

[zddoodah]

the letter says that I will have to report in the office 3-5 days a week.

Just to be clear: "3-5 days" means either 3 days, 4 days or 5 days. Right? Did you ever seek any clarification about what exact was to be expected?

Can i contest the 5 days a week knowing that my letter says 3-5 days week?

Not sure what you mean by this. You can object to your employer's decision (just as any employee can object to any decision that his/her employer makes). This isn't a legal issue, however.

Will this be covered under the Good Faith Dcotrine?

I have no idea what you're talking about. What "good faith doctrine"?

Employers change their policies all the time. Recently, and famously, Amazon started requiring employees to work on cite 5 days per week. As is the case for any employee, if you don't like your employer's policy with respect to remote versus on-site work, you are free to seek employment elsewhere. If you wanted a guarantee that you would only have to work on-site 3 days per week, you should have sought a contract that gave you that.