is this insane or am i

[sam5570]

well the company my wife works for is closing there doors this month the hr person told them that if another company came in and bought them out before the close date that if they ofered her a job at less money per hour than she making now that she had to take the job or she would loose several thousand dollars in severence pay in other words take the job or loose your severence has anyone delt with this before just thought i would ask before i go to lawers.

 

[murphy1244]

Does she have a contract? without that you have no standing.

 

[MF1433V]

well the company my wife works for is closing there doors this month the hr person told them that if another company came in and bought them out before the close date that if they ofered her a job at less money per hour than she making now that she had to take the job or she would loose several thousand dollars in severence pay in other words take the job or loose your severence has anyone delt with this before just thought i would ask before i go to lawers.

If your state is an employment at will state than they can do it. They are essentially saying she has to take a pay cut, take it or leave it. If she refuses she is quitting and losing her severance. It sucks, but I don't think an attorney will be able to help her. Sorry to say

 

[sam5570]

no contract it's a factory 320 people loose there jobs there is just something wrong with someone forcing you to go to work for someone else insane

 

[riptides]

Happened all the time to me in the past working contracts. Lost contract, time to rebid/ reapply for job.

Luck would have it, I always ended up moving forward.

 

[SPIKER]

Yep: also if she refuses she also may not be able to collect unemployment insurance as she will be considered Quit and not fired/released or terminated. so NEW company gets to keep the banked unemployment in their kitty.

M

 

[KTurner]

no contract it's a factory 320 people loose there jobs there is just something wrong with someone forcing you to go to work for someone else insane

The flip side of the coin is that the factory is obviously not able to stay afloat in the current market with its current expenses (else they wouldn't be closing, right?). If a new owner/boss can make the factory stay afloat by adjusting payroll (and probably other) costs down, then they can save those several hundred jobs, and probably other jobs in the process. Closed factories mean no factory workers buying lunch from the local eateries, less tax revenues for the local govt (who will just jack up everyone elses taxes to make up for it), etc.

Maybe the pay reduction would be small? Would your wife rather have a job or the lump sum? Maybe she could talk to the current owner/management about an early out/retirement right NOW so that she doesn't have to risk a new owner? It would probably be smaller than the severance if she stayed on til the end, but it would also be reducing her risk (assuming she just wants the severance and no job). Wouldn't hurt to ask...

Keith

 

[riptides]

Yep: also if she refuses she also may not be able to collect unemployment insurance as she will be considered Quit and not fired/released or terminated. so NEW company gets to keep the banked unemployment in their kitty.

M

Good point.

 

[Tollster]

I believe there is a limit on how much of a cut they can impose. There is no way they can force her to accept an unreasonable amount of money if she cannot pay the bills she was paying prior to the cut if unemployment pays more, not sure what the percentage is though.

 

[300UGUY]

I believe there is a limit on how much of a cut they can impose. There is no way they can force her to accept an unreasonable amount of money if she cannot pay the bills she was paying prior to the cut if unemployment pays more, not sure what the percentage is though.

The only limit would be minimum wage. This happens a lot. I doubt that a lawyer would do much good.