Inter department transfer

tillyh345 | 20:33 Mon 16th Nov 2009 | Jobs

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I am asking this question on behalf of my son...he believes that the company he works for is planning on transferring him to another department within the company. Does anyone know if they can do this?

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sara3

is his contract with the company or the department? if it's the company, business needs will come first.

tillyh345

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Thanks sara3 yes contract is with company and u said exactly what I said....

buildersmate

The company can make any reasonable request to get him to work anywhere in the same company. Contractually, that often ties an individual to one location (though not necessarily so) and to do any job for which he/she is capable. Training and coaching should be part of what is offered if necessary, plus allowing for a period of adjustment.
As is so often the case in matters of employment law, the issue here is 'reasonableness' and there's no hard or fast way of describing this. But as a principle, the answer is 'yes'.
You didn't say what his objection could be.

Thunderchild

my contract says that I am employed as a quality inspetor but must accept that I may be asked from time to time to carry out alternative duties as appropriate. Was kind of interesting when i was asked to replace the toilet flushing unit. I'd never done one, quite enjoyed it as i had nothing else to do and then i fixed the old one. Apart from that I painted our "office".

buildersmate

Was that how you acquired your name 'Thunderchild' then?

Thunderchild

nope its a username I've used on many forums, its a little more out of the ordinary than most and often not already taken, I came up with it when i lived in italy trying to grow up in an alien society that wanted to keep me an alien. the one and only thing I could enjoy on my own which was electronics was also a mission impossible due to the lack of information and equipment in that dark corner of southern italy. I felt as though i had potential that i was not using due to the cooped up circumstances i lived in. (sorry to ramble on)