A company in Dublin currently employs me. My contract states that the normal place of work is “Dublin and that (I) will be required or permitted to work in various locations”.
The company is working on a large complicated construction project, and is always missing deadlines and is behind time.
I have very little work to do at the moment. I was hired to be a member of staff for when the project is completed and operational. But because of the long and delayed construction period my job has not really started properly yet. In hindsight I was hired for this job too early. I will not have much work to do in the next 12 - 18 months. I am concerned that the company will ask me to relocate one of their other locations in Europe during this time.
I don’t want to relocate to somewhere else. Even though I really dislike having nothing to do, for all sorts of reasons including family matters, I want to stay where I am. I wouldn’t have taken this position if I had known that there would be so little work to do.
I don’t think I am being unreasonable. I think being abroad for over a year is a big commitment. But of course I can understand the company’s point of view. They don’t want staff members doing nothing.
My question is does my contract offer me any protection from being relocated to a foreign country for over a year? Have there been any legal cases over the ‘place of work’ clause in a work contract?
The company is working on a large complicated construction project, and is always missing deadlines and is behind time.
I have very little work to do at the moment. I was hired to be a member of staff for when the project is completed and operational. But because of the long and delayed construction period my job has not really started properly yet. In hindsight I was hired for this job too early. I will not have much work to do in the next 12 - 18 months. I am concerned that the company will ask me to relocate one of their other locations in Europe during this time.
I don’t want to relocate to somewhere else. Even though I really dislike having nothing to do, for all sorts of reasons including family matters, I want to stay where I am. I wouldn’t have taken this position if I had known that there would be so little work to do.
I don’t think I am being unreasonable. I think being abroad for over a year is a big commitment. But of course I can understand the company’s point of view. They don’t want staff members doing nothing.
My question is does my contract offer me any protection from being relocated to a foreign country for over a year? Have there been any legal cases over the ‘place of work’ clause in a work contract?