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Employment legal advice?
I require legal advice about employment law and remote work rights.
I have the following questions:
Q: Is it legal for my job to alter my contract without any negotiations with me?
Q: Is it typical of an employee personal improvement plan to alter my working arrangement? For example, changing an agreement dictating days required in the office as opposed to remote work.
The context:
11 months ago, I was being hired by a company for a full time indefinite contract. The initial employment offer they sent stated that employees are expected to work 3 days a week in the office and 2 days remote.
I told them that 3 days in the office would be a deal breaker for me. The hiring manager and I negotiated that the work arrangement would instead be 1 day a week from the office, 4 days remote. This agreement was made over email.
This has been my work arrangement for the past 11 months, without complaints over my performance. In fact, my team lead told me two months ago that I may be a candidate for a promotion.
Last Friday, in a meeting with my team lead and my manager, I was informed that I have not been performing to their expectations. They stated that I need to work 3 days in the office "as per my contract" as an improvement plan. When I asked if this is an official improvement plan (as in before firing) I was explicitly told no. I was then pressured into immediately agreeing to the three days a week plan. I was able to delay agreeing by saying I need to think about it.
This is a big deal for me because the office is very far away from where I live, a point made clear during hiring negotiations.
Is the agreement I had with the hiring manager over email a valid part of my contract? The contract document does not specify a specific amount of days required to be in the office. However, I have the confirmation over email from the hiring manager that I would be permitted to work 1 day a week in the office.
Negotiating this concession was the reason I agreed to sign their contract, and I am unsure if they can just suddenly take back this agreement.
I have the following questions:
Q: Is it legal for my job to alter my contract without any negotiations with me?
Q: Is it typical of an employee personal improvement plan to alter my working arrangement? For example, changing an agreement dictating days required in the office as opposed to remote work.
The context:
11 months ago, I was being hired by a company for a full time indefinite contract. The initial employment offer they sent stated that employees are expected to work 3 days a week in the office and 2 days remote.
I told them that 3 days in the office would be a deal breaker for me. The hiring manager and I negotiated that the work arrangement would instead be 1 day a week from the office, 4 days remote. This agreement was made over email.
This has been my work arrangement for the past 11 months, without complaints over my performance. In fact, my team lead told me two months ago that I may be a candidate for a promotion.
Last Friday, in a meeting with my team lead and my manager, I was informed that I have not been performing to their expectations. They stated that I need to work 3 days in the office "as per my contract" as an improvement plan. When I asked if this is an official improvement plan (as in before firing) I was explicitly told no. I was then pressured into immediately agreeing to the three days a week plan. I was able to delay agreeing by saying I need to think about it.
This is a big deal for me because the office is very far away from where I live, a point made clear during hiring negotiations.
Is the agreement I had with the hiring manager over email a valid part of my contract? The contract document does not specify a specific amount of days required to be in the office. However, I have the confirmation over email from the hiring manager that I would be permitted to work 1 day a week in the office.
Negotiating this concession was the reason I agreed to sign their contract, and I am unsure if they can just suddenly take back this agreement.