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This question is about contract law working overseas.
Asked on Nov 19th, 2012 on Contracts - Virginia
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okay here is the situation. I have been with this company for almost two years now. I have signed one offer letter and one foreign travel letter that they are passing as a contract. I have been on the second so called contract since June 2, 2013 and now the company wishes for me to sign another foreign travel letter that takes away all my benefits from the previous one that i signed in June of this year. I have copies of all paperwork and email traffic. They even threatened me in a current email stating that there is a possibility that you will be fired if you do not sign the new one that they have created which by the way has no date on it. I would like an answer as soon as possible because i do not know how much time i have. Do i have a case or not. I am not the only one who has received this so called updated foreign travel letter. I think it could be a breach of contract. I need a lawyer who will agree to get paid in the end and win! Could turn out to be a class action.
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I think there is something you are missing. In the United States, in the absence of an express "duration" term in a contract of employment, employment is on an "at will" basis. That means that, without breaching the agreement, either party may insist on changes at any time for any reason or no reason at all, and may terminate the relationship for similar reasons or non-reasons if agreement to the new terms is not forthcoming. Your posted facts do not suggest that your employer has done anything wrong or that you are entitled to any kind of recovery.
Answered on Nov 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM