Condo Board Lays Off Condo Superintendent; Unit Owners Unhappy

H.B. from outside of Connecticut writes:

Dear Mister Condo,

How do the owners reinstate the assistant superintendent after the Board of Directors laid him off and never said anything about it?

Mister Condo replies:

H.B., unless your condo governance documents allow for the unit owners to vote on the hiring or firing practices of the Board of Directors, which would be highly unusual, I am not aware of any method for the unit owners to reinstate any association employee. Typically, association employees work for the association, not the individual unit owners. If the Board has followed proper procedure for hiring and/or firing any employee, their decision stands. If you and enough of your fellow unit owners are unhappy with how the Board conducts the association’s business, you may wish to elect new Board members at an upcoming election. If the newly elected Board members wished to reinstate a former employee, they would be free to do so. Otherwise, the decision is solely the Board’s. All the best!