Texas Questions and Answers

Fired for email use without any policy against it.
Can I be terminated from my job for e-mail. There was no policy ever reviewed or access to a policy sight given. A policy was given the day of termination. Also, received email at home from work a wee...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Bankrupt employer - can I keep my laptop to secure unpaid wages?
My former employer, fell two weeks behind in payroll, on Jan 3rd after taking two weeks of vaction, I gave him notice that until he got me current on my pay and expense's, I would no longer be returni...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can I be forced to choose between care for a sick child or my job?
I have been on FMLA since 11/04/01 and my company wrote me up for time and attendance while using the FMLA, I appealed the write up paper and now they have changed my schedule and I am in a position t...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Fired for something a co-worker did -- any remedies?
I live in Houston, Texas and work in a restaurant as a bartender. (formally worked in a restaurant.) I was recently accepted another position outside the service industry which caused me to go from fu...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can I put a lien on the project in which my commission was based?
Currently my employment contract is both salary and commissioned based. I am in a situation where the commission side of my contract is not being paid. I have submitted in writing demands for payment....
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Does this track record show discrimination?
If a supervisor has hired and supervised numerous black people over a period of several years and in past year only one black person has been hired, can it be said that this supervisor has discriminat...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas