My employer gave me an offer to join its US branch in July 2010(On L1 visa).Offer has few terms and condition which I accepted and joined its US office. Few months back my manager mentioned that I have to change my official working address as it is not correct in the old offer letter.(but the fact is I have been working on same location since 2010 and continue to work there. In addition old offer letter mentioned that I can work on any location as required by client).Thinking that this is just a formality I request HR to change the address and this process generated a new different offer letter with new terms and condition. My manager or HR never mentioned that change of location will generate a new offer letter. Once new offer letter is generated I do not have option but to accept the offer letter as I am already in US and I do not have any job(As I am in L1 visa so I cannot take up any other job and also my employer can terminate the employment at any time without any notice). So they have trapped me effectively to accept their term.
Now that I have resigned from my employer they insisted that I have act according to the new offer letter. If I do not complete 3 months of notice period I have to pay $XXXXX otherwise they will employ collection agency. These terms were not there in old offer letter.
I question the validity of this new offer letter as my manager and HR trapped me into signing this new offer letter. First of all there is no reason to initiate the change of working address itself. The way offer letter got generated and also the way I am made to accept it.
Now that I have resigned from my employer they insisted that I have act according to the new offer letter. If I do not complete 3 months of notice period I have to pay $XXXXX otherwise they will employ collection agency. These terms were not there in old offer letter.
I question the validity of this new offer letter as my manager and HR trapped me into signing this new offer letter. First of all there is no reason to initiate the change of working address itself. The way offer letter got generated and also the way I am made to accept it.