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Mu husband has worked for a company for over 30 years as a Quality Assurance and Shipping Receiving and Warehouse Manager. This company is closing down and are geting ready to auction evrything. Everybody has been laid off, but my husband and a co-worker.The owner is asking my husband to clean up and scrub floors these last days. Of course these type of duties are not described in his job descriptions. Can the owner force my husband to do this in order to pay him these last weeks of work and be able to get some unemployment?
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This is an unfortunate situation, however, unless he was part of a Union or has an Employment Contract stating otherwise, the employer could make him perform these duties, if he refuses and is terminated, he would have a difficult time obtaining Unemployment Benefits, as the employer may claim he was being insubordinate.
If he is laid off, then he would have no problem obtaining the unemployment benefits.
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This is an unfortunate situation, however, unless he was part of a Union or has an employment contract stating otherwise, the employer could make him perform these duties, if he refuses and is terminated, he would have a difficult time obtaining unemployment benefits, as the employer may claim he was being insubordinate.