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I asked if it were possible to amend the employment contract and they said, "you'd have to quit and re-apply".

• webmaven 10y ago
  > they said, "you'd have to quit and re-apply". Frankly, that's BS. Employment agreements get amended all the time. You can bet that if it was a change the company decided needed to be made that getting it done wouldn't require them firing everyone and then re-hiring them. I get the impression you're being blocked by someone who just doesn't want to be bothered, and making a weak excuse is just their easy way out. You can try an end-run (with the attendant risks). If the agreement itself doesn't contain reusable language providing for amendments, then just keep it simple: draw up a replacement appendix, and stick language at the top that says the list below is added to section X of Document Y attached as appendix B to the employment agreement between $COMPANY and $EMPLOYEE signed on $DATE, copy the format of the signature block at the end of your agreement and send it to the same person who signed your employment contract in the first place for them to sign and return. IANAL, TINLA, etc., so feel free to get a local labor and employment lawyer to review your agreement and the amendment you've drawn up. Figure on 1-2 billable hours if you have it mostly right.