seamus wrote: » Yeah, pretty much nothing you can do in this scenario. I've nearly had to do this once, luckily the guy turned around and said he'd taken another job, I was 24 hours away from having to tell him the position he'd accepted had been binned :eek: In effect your husband's position has been made redundant before he has even started. So there's nothing in contracts or emails that could be used to push back on it. +1 on the suggestion above to contact the old employer - today - explain that the new job has fallen through and ask if they can take him back, even on a short-term basis, till he gets himself sorted. The old employer probably haven't hired a replacement yet, so the extra pair of experienced hands will help until they do.
Tar.Aldarion wrote: » Saw a case on Reddit yesterday where a junior software engineer was given a 10k relocation package and a large signing bonus (40k or 50k can't recall) in Canada, shortly after moving to Canada they said they had actually been looking for a senior engineer and his job was terminated. Worse they wanted all the money back, money he spent moving and preparing for the new job, had most of it gone!
tatsplat wrote: » Hello, really looking for some advice if anyone has been in a similar situation. My husband recently interviewed for a position in a company after being headhunted by a recruiter. Interview went well and the recruiter called to say he had got the job. This was back in February. He was also forwarded an email from the company offering him the job, outlining hours and pay plus detailing probationary period. He handed in notice at the job he had at the time and as new job was cross country took his tools down there and rented a place there. He was due to start Monday, super excited because in his old job he was working like a dog, outside in all conditions and the new one was more specific to his area and the pay was great. Well, he got a call yesterday to say the company withdrew the job offer as the company they are subcontracted to withdrew funding for the new department and that meant no position for him to fill. We have rent to pay (in Dublin city centre no less) he bought a car because of this job and we also have a six month old baby :-( Just wondering if he has any legal standing in a situation like this? Surely acceptance of a written job offer constitutes some kind of contractual agreement?
reg114 wrote: » Never ever hand in your notice till you see your terms of employment and sign your new contract.
tatsplat wrote: » The thing I don’t get is that most companies don’t have you sign until induction day, so what is a person supposed to do with the job they are leaving? Hey, I’m going to try somewhere else but I’m not really leaving so keep my job open? Apart from the fact that many places need notice before you leave.
seamus wrote: » Afaik Canada's employment laws are only barely better than the US's. There's virtually no way in the EU that a court would declare the money in that case would have to be repaid. Even then if I found myself in that situation I'd just come home and tell the company where to go. Contract law requires that where there's a conflict in wording, the interpretation which is chosen is the one which is least beneficial to the party which created the contract. So if, e.g., the contract said that the signing bonus and relocation package were contingent on "starting" the job, a court would rule in favour of the employee since it was the employer who didn't "start" the job, not the employee.
