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Somewhat relatedly, I wonder how Facebook's approach would work in purely practical legal terms. If Alice works at Facebook right now, she presumably has a cont
by tom_mellior 6y ago
Somewhat relatedly, I wonder how Facebook's approach would work in purely practical legal terms. If Alice works at Facebook right now, she presumably has a contract specifying that (a) she earns X money per year, and (b) she is expected to come into the office daily. I guess Facebook can relax (b) unilaterally, since this doesn't put Alice in a worse position than before.
But how can they change (a) unilaterally? Is Facebook just threatening to fire everyone who doesn't accept a worse offer? If it is, how will this fly outside the US, where most places have proper labor laws? Will this formally be an offer from Facebook to "relax (b) if you agree to modifying (a) according to our wishes"? Even that might be difficult in places with strong worker protections.
- treis 6y agoVery few employees in the US have a contract that meaningfully binds the employer to anything. What contract that exists can usually be terminated or modified at anytime.
- diebeforei485 6y agoWorking from a totally different location (instead of a home location within daily commute distance of the office, which is all that the shelter-in-place laws would require) would be a breach of contract. Based on media reports, Facebook is voluntarily relaxing that location requirement unilaterally only until the end of the year. Reducing salaries can be done any time for any lawful reason, and change of location is a lawful reason.