Q: A local employer rescinded my signed offer letter AFTER I resigned from my previous job. Do I have any legal recourse?
The offer letter contains mine and the employer's signature, the agreed upon salary, and my start date. The director called me and said the person I was replacing changed her mind and wanted her job back. They gave it to her since she was a good and long standing employee. If my current employer does not keep me onboard since I had already resigned, can I take the employer that I was going to start with to court for rescinding the job offer simply because the other person wanted their job back?
A: While a review of the document you signed would be necessary to answer this question, job offer letters are usually not considered enforceable contracts. As a result, an employer can rescind a job offer for any reason, even if the employee has already signed an offer letter.
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