Timeline for Hours and lunch time. What should I do when all the other engineers have a shorter lunch break and are expected to work more hours?
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 23:27 | comment | added | Flater | @worktoomuch: I'm not sure on the binding nature of offer letters in different cultures, but an offer letter is generally distinct from an employment contract in that it does not confirm that said employment had already started, so it cannot be used as proof of employment or an alleged breach of contract, e.g. if the company were to claim that you were illegally absent from work, or if you were to claim that you were not paid your due wages. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:08 | comment | added | worktoomuch | Do you mean offer letter? I think if I asked HR about my employment "contract" they wouldn't know what I mean. | |
| Jul 10, 2023 at 17:41 | comment | added | Flater | @JoeStrazzere: I maintain that the concept of employment is irrelevant in absence of a recognized contract. Whether or not that it is a piece of paper following a particular standard is usually legally relevant but not core to my answer. Without a way for one party to ensure that the other party cannot change their mind as they see fit, the answer to any employment question is always "whatever they say, man", which renders any possible question unanswerable. My answer simply does not account for the unanswerable case as it is inherently impossible to ever answer the unanswerable. | |
| Jul 10, 2023 at 12:59 | comment | added | Flater | @JoeStrazzere: It being more commonplace in the US is functionally irrelevant as to the anwer. Without a contract, you have no leg to stand on with regards to protesting your employer altering the deal. All you can do is pray that they don't alter it any further. | |
| Jul 7, 2023 at 16:01 | comment | added | Flater | @worktoomuch If you are employed, you have a contract. There is no jurisdiction that I know of where that is not the case. If such a jurisdiction were to exist, workers' rights would be effectively zero ams you'd be employed completely at the company's whim - which renders the question moot as you have no say in the matter. | |
| Jul 7, 2023 at 15:16 | comment | added | worktoomuch | I do not have a contract. I just have the offer letter stating my initial salary and the emails about the offer at that time. The employee handbook says lunches are unpaid. Although, that is for production employees and when I asked about this via email, HR told me I have a paid lunch. I am exempt. So the employee handbook does not help with this. | |
| Jul 7, 2023 at 6:26 | history | answered | Flater | CC BY-SA 4.0 |