text: i work in mexico for an american company. the owners  modified my  position and base in general, is it legal? i am mexican citizen hired by an american company in mexico. the company owners in us modified my benefits and my  job conditions in general. i was hired just with shake of hands (no paper, no signatures,  i thought that was a deal between gentlemen) also an a promise of a bonus to come for work in their company and they never completed this promise.  could i expose this case in the us court? doesn't matter that  i am not living in us? one of the biggest things with this is that it is an american company. because they are in mexico, the company should have some type of code of ethics policy for working outside the us. they must adhere to the norms of where the company is at however, they must also go by the organizational norms. if i were you, i would talk to the human resource department about the issue and if you get nowwhere with them, you can go to the to the courts or the eeo in the us might be able to help you with the problem.  http://www.eeoc.gov/