re: Texas labor laws and the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever been told……..

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I imagine he's talking about if you're on salary. Hopefully he's making enough money on salary to warrant working more than 40 hours.

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Salaried vs hourly distinctions are federal.

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I’ve always heard Texas is not a “right to work” state.

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Texas IS a right to work state. All that means is that you cannot be denied employment bc you are/are not a member of a union or labor organization. You cannot be forced to join a union in order to be employed.

Texas is also an Employment at Will state. That means either the employer or the employee can terminate employment at any time for any reason or no reason at all. You don’t have to give a reason for leaving and you’re not obligated to continue working for a period of time after you choose the leave. Likewise, the company can terminate your employment for any reason or no reason at all and aren’t obligated to give you advanced notice.

Salaried vs Hourly is determined by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which is federal. There are specific guidelines to determine if an employee is paid hourly or by salary. Your employer does not get to choose. From my course material:

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Salaried vs. Hourly Pay: An Overview

What makes you exempt? In general, an employee has to make at least $684 per week ($35,568 per year), be paid on a salary basis, and perform exempt duties that require discretion and independent judgment at least 50% of the time. If you take on managerial duties, for example, you’re probably exempt. This means you can be paid a salary, so no matter how many hours you work, your employer doesn’t have to pay you overtime wages. 1

Because of the FLSA, you can’t negotiate whether a job is exempt or nonexempt. Regardless of job title, it’s the duties you perform that determine your job category.

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Fire without cause? True but not for all industries. If you are a big company and you fire any minority you better have it well documented. Multiple warnings documented and signed by employee in question. You might still end up being sued. In a lot of cases this fire without cause shite is simply not true in Texas.

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we are a small business in Texas and we have a gay employee who takes off more time and causes more drama than anybody in the company.

while i don't wish ill on him, and he does some ok things for the company, we'd be better off without him.

if my boss ever has to pull the trigger, he has a pile of documentation ready to go just for the lawsuit reason.

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So you got dressed down for fricking off on the clock and youre mad about it but its your supervisor's fault? Interesting

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And his response was to read the Texas Labor Law. And not talk to his boss like a normal person. Haha

Wonder if he was hoping for a “purchase water on the clock clause”

Everything he is saying is true and more.




Stop


fricking



Moving



Here

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I know in Texas an employer can fire without cause. HR policies and poor optics compel most places to give reason etc. but that’s it.

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Yeh but most companies won't bc of law suits. They should be able to based purely on job performance but many try to establish documentation of tardiness, missing, etc before firing someone.

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Your husband died. Well, he has the unfortunate luck of his heart stop beating and the nurse was getting water on the first floor.

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Apples and Oregano comparison.

I am not bedside. Outpatient area.

Haven’t worked the floor since Clinton was in office. ER completely in between. Sadly I would get less shite for getting coffee in the ER. Matter of fact, I never heard anything about a trip to buy water or coffee or a snack. As long as you go there and come right back it is a non issue. Until this month??

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Texas gives the appearance of having its shite together but in reality it doesn’t. Texas natives love to shite on neighboring states and look down on them instead of looking in the mirror.

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Enlighten us on this and tell us which large state has its shite together that Texas should follow as an example.

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horrible here, nobody should be moving to Texas

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Hear that, New Yorkers, Californians, and whatever the hell you call people from Illinois?!