Posted by Mary Ann on 11/26/06

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I am a permanent contract worker at an accounting placement
service.

I recently turned down an assignment to work at a company
that I had worked at before and didn't like working there.
My superivsor knew before contacting me that I would not
want to work at the company again. In the conversation
about this assignment, I was told that if I didn't accept
the assignment, that I would go unpaid until another
assignment was found. I normally am paid my regular salary
between assignments. I was told that this was company
policy. I searched through the employee manual and found
no such written company policy in the employee manual.

Is it legal for a company to have a non written company
policy that effects the compensation that an employee
receives and has not informed the employee about until just
moments before the employee has to make a decision about a
new assignment?

I am protesting this non-payment, but would like some
knowledge on whether or not companies can have non written
policies that are unknown by employees. I live in Texas.

Re: unknown company policy, 11/29/06, by RCW.

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