Texas Questions and Answers

discrimination/breach of contract
Sir: Mine is a general question about discrimination and breach of contract. I have been doing a little research and from what I understand, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)handles c...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 28, 2003 7:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Unable To Pay Back Relocation
I recently left a position with a company because it was costing me money to stay and an oppurtunity became available elsewhere that would put me closer to my family. I had been through a relocation w...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 28, 2003 6:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

direct deposit debit by employer
Hi Mel, My husband left his last job (walked out). He was not officially terminated by the employer. He was on salary and was paid for the last pay period by direct deposit. Then the direct deposit am...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 26, 2003 6:11 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Legal recourse
I have a non-compete with my former Mortgage lending company. In the non-compete, there was no specification on geographic boundary. Recently, when my old company found that i was with a new mortgage ...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 23, 2003 08:44 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

race disdrimination
I was demoted due to some compliance issues, my replacements did the same thing(different race).Yes they still have their positions. Is that race discrimination? Thanks in advance
2 answers  |  asked Jul 16, 2003 10:38 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

vacation/overtime pay
I have recently quit my job. I was not paid for vacation that was not taken, we are paid an overtime check at the end of each month which makes up my base salary and that was not paid. Also the compan...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 15, 2003 3:44 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Not allowed to touch the babies cause we're black
I reported my supervisor for using slang ratial remarks about me and my co-workers. We work in a hospital department of about 16 employees. It is our everyday duties to draw blood on our patients. We ...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2003 01:12 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Termination due to retaliation for reporting supervisor
I recently worked for a hospital in my hometown of Paris, Tx and had problems with my supervisor. I called the integrity hotline which the employees were advised to do so if they had problems, the pho...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 9, 2003 12:10 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Collecting Employer Match Contribution
In mid-80's, worked for Psychiatric Facility owned by major US Hospital Chain. Participated in 401K/retirement plan which employer matched up to 4%. Psych Facility was sold. When attempted to collect ...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 4, 2003 09:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Denial of Severance Previously Promised
My state is an "at-will" state, however, since the company is one of the nation's largest media corporations, they have a company severance policy. On May 14, our department was notified of a reorgani...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 2, 2003 11:52 AM [EST]  |  applies to Texas