Bad Review Threatened...?

Question

My husband and I are moving to Florida in September. He works a seasonal job up here in Maine, and is transferring to a different branch of the same company in Florida. He told his boss that we are leaving near the end of September, for sure. (He's known all summer we are going, we didn't have a definate date, hubby told him late september, early october time frame)

His boss pressed us to stay until October because they "need" him. We can't afford to stay until October, because we'll have to start using oil. My husband explained this to him and he said "fine, when you go, we won't transfer you, we'll put you in as you quit and if the other branch calls for a reference I'll give you a bad review and tell them you never came in on time and called out all the time". Mind you, my husband is rarely late for work and hasn't called out once in two years.

I know this is illegal, but we don't want to get screwed over, he needs to be transferred rather then just "quit" because we need the health insurance benefits. Is there anything we can do to stop his boss from doing this?

UPDATE:

Hubbo went to the Branch Manager and reported what his supervisor said to him. The branch manager told him that he couldn't do anything about it because he wasn't there to witness the exchange.

What is there left to do?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Make a very clear written record that he has no intention of quitting and is requesting a transfer.  Write a memorandum, letter, or email to his supervisor and CC it to the branch manager, HR department, and the location where he would like to transfer.

He has already put the Branch Manager on notice that he wishes to transfer and has no intention of quitting.  If that is not enough, a written request may do the trick.  You do face some risk here.  Unless your husband is under contract or there is a written company policy stating so, the company has no obligation to transfer him.

I wish you luck.