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Is there a cooling off period for employment contracts?

  • 03-09-2009 3:39am
    #1
    PrinceMax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭


    If one signs a contract, and then subsequently decides within a few hours, that the terms were unacceptable. Reason I asked is, was offered a job. Job had one title. A month later, I was due to start. Went to work. All new employees were presented with a massive contract and asked to sign. Although I found several elements disagreeable, I signed (foolishly). I then started running through the terms in my head which included the requirement to work over 48 hours for no additional pay and a note that 4 weeks notice had to be given to leave, but employer not obliged to give any notice. As the day went on, I realised that it was not like the job I thought I applied for, so I left and informed the manager. Woried, as I broke the terms, but felt I had little choice, as the job was a total scam. An attempt to, as far as I could see, get me to work for below minimum wage. Also, I never kept a copy. Am I entitled now to request a copy, or would that just be foolish?


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  • #2
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    PrinceMax wrote: »
    An attempt to, as far as I could see, get me to work for below minimum wage. Also, I never kept a copy. Am I entitled now to request a copy, or would that just be foolish?


    What would be the point? You are not going to use that employer as a reference; the employer is not going to sue you for breach of contract.
    I am sure the same thing has happened many times before with that employer.


  • #3
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    No I'd say your OK you didn't even start work really so no harm done. What could they force you to do really?


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