Q: I was working a contract position and after a year I was to move on to the long term contract -fortune 500 company.
I completed everything and filled out the offer letter. I was supposed to start and then they decided to go a different way with no warning at all. Can they do that even after I filled out an offer letter and ALL employment documentation?
A: Until you have a signed and binding contract, you have nothing to sue upon. Therefore, if you have paperwork that you believe makes a binding contract, then take it to an employment lawyer to review. It is not possible to guess what agreement exists, if any, between you and the company. Preliminary discussions and talk about signing an agreement in the future at some point is not a binding contract.
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