Texas is a right to work state. You can be fired for any reason, even no reason at all.
Originally Posted by Oilmano
The last employer I worked for had about 700 employees. HR was a fucking nightmare. They acted like we were going to get sued for wrongful termination anytime we wanted to dump some dead weight. I'd ask about Texas being right to work and I'd get a lecture about letting them do their jobs.
Texas is a very employer friendly state. Last year I had a terminated employee try to extort some money from me saying I owed her something she didn't earn. Couple thousand dollars was all. Petty really. I told my lawyer to make it go away and she was authorized to spend up to $1999 to do so. A letter was all it took. TWC wouldn't give the employee the time of day because all they had to do was look at the denied unemployment claim.
The only consequence the employer faces is the former employee is unemployment claims increasing their SUI rate. Document, document, document!
Now, if you can come up with something covered by FMLA(A medical certification for instance) you'd have some protection for 12 weeks but be careful what you ask for. That medical certification will stay with your medical records and could be used against you at a later date.