What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Colorado
In June 2014, I was sent an e-mail from an employer saying their company was hiring an associate and to review the attached Job Description to see if I was interested in applying. The Job Description was attached to the e-mail in a .docx format and was rather informal. The sheet literally only listed "Job Description/Duties: Data Entry (Quickbooks, pay bills, accounts receivable, and accounts payable), Human Resources (recruiting, pricing for subcontractors, hiring subcontractors, maintaining payroll), Estimating (measuring buildings, writing up estimates), and Production (ordering materials, material and sub pricing, writing flyers for customers)". After reviewing the job description, I sent in my application, r�sum�, and other necessary documents. Just a week later I was hired. In September 2014, I was forced to travel to a job-site to manage crews on a project about 3 hours away. In my job description and what I agreed to, it never stated that I would have to manage subcontract crews as I was hired as office personnel. While in a company car, I was hit head-on at 65mph by someone on the highway. Thanks to the Good Lord, I have been recovering and survived the accident. However, doctors have put work restrictions on my work status reports. The restrictions initially included 4-6 hours per day and absolutely no travel out of state. In December 2014, the owner of the company I work for signed a document stating that due to the hourly work restrictions from the automobile accident, the company was going to hire a full-time individual to fill the void. I also signed this document. The office individual was hired and now I am cleared to work full-time. Since the accident, I've been forced into a project management role that was a position that I never applied for, nor agreed to. Now I'm being told that the company has too much money wrapped up into administration, so I am needed by the company to work on the road as a project manager. Is the e-mail that was sent as a job description (for the duties listed above) a legally binding document? Are my only options to continue to listen to their role changes and do my job, or quit? In my mind, most companies that are overstaffed in a particular department would simply lay off that individual, but it seems as if this company is refusing to lay me off and only force me into a position that is not feasible for me in order to avoid turning it into unemployment. Without another job lined up, it is difficult to grasp the idea of quitting without money coming in, so I feel that I am backed into a corner. What are my options here? Any suggestions or legal advice would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
CP
In June 2014, I was sent an e-mail from an employer saying their company was hiring an associate and to review the attached Job Description to see if I was interested in applying. The Job Description was attached to the e-mail in a .docx format and was rather informal. The sheet literally only listed "Job Description/Duties: Data Entry (Quickbooks, pay bills, accounts receivable, and accounts payable), Human Resources (recruiting, pricing for subcontractors, hiring subcontractors, maintaining payroll), Estimating (measuring buildings, writing up estimates), and Production (ordering materials, material and sub pricing, writing flyers for customers)". After reviewing the job description, I sent in my application, r�sum�, and other necessary documents. Just a week later I was hired. In September 2014, I was forced to travel to a job-site to manage crews on a project about 3 hours away. In my job description and what I agreed to, it never stated that I would have to manage subcontract crews as I was hired as office personnel. While in a company car, I was hit head-on at 65mph by someone on the highway. Thanks to the Good Lord, I have been recovering and survived the accident. However, doctors have put work restrictions on my work status reports. The restrictions initially included 4-6 hours per day and absolutely no travel out of state. In December 2014, the owner of the company I work for signed a document stating that due to the hourly work restrictions from the automobile accident, the company was going to hire a full-time individual to fill the void. I also signed this document. The office individual was hired and now I am cleared to work full-time. Since the accident, I've been forced into a project management role that was a position that I never applied for, nor agreed to. Now I'm being told that the company has too much money wrapped up into administration, so I am needed by the company to work on the road as a project manager. Is the e-mail that was sent as a job description (for the duties listed above) a legally binding document? Are my only options to continue to listen to their role changes and do my job, or quit? In my mind, most companies that are overstaffed in a particular department would simply lay off that individual, but it seems as if this company is refusing to lay me off and only force me into a position that is not feasible for me in order to avoid turning it into unemployment. Without another job lined up, it is difficult to grasp the idea of quitting without money coming in, so I feel that I am backed into a corner. What are my options here? Any suggestions or legal advice would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
CP
