Why was my severance package had a non compete as a manager and VP packages did not?

Texas is an employment at will state. Typically, unless an employee has an employment contract, or is employed under a collective bargaining...

Your employer cannot force you to do anything to your personal vehicle. However, your employer is entirely within its rights to request that you...

Can an employer have a meeting with management staff regarding a private medical condition of an employee?

Generally, privacy statutes apply to protected medical and healthcare information. The primary statutory protection for personal health...

Should i be paid travel time and overtime ?

There are two issues here: travel time and overtime. Travel time: Generally, traveling to and from a workplace or job site, outside normal...

A Texas employer may require employees to take lunch breaks of 30 minutes or more. If the employer establishes mandatory written work schedules...

How can a person taking my place in my job make more money?

In Texas, generally, an employer can alter terms of employment without prior notice. Texas is an employment at will state. Typically, unless an...

If an employer says that I need to pay him $10000 if I leave before 18 months, can he sue me for the money?

The short answer is: Yes. It is not unusual for employers to predicate employment on a contract which allows the employer to recover recruitment,...

Texas is an employment at will state. Typically, unless an employee has an employment contract, or is employed under a collective bargaining...

Absent an employment contract or collective bargaining agreement which specifically addresses the issue, employers are not legally obligated to...

Can I sue my employer are my manager for telling another associate my personal business and she used it to get me fired ?

Nothing in the fact presented indicates that any protected information was misused. You voluntarily shared information regarding a previous...