An Exposing Discussion And Synopsis Regarding » Employment Law Severance Packages Together With Other Analyses
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Legal Issue regarding Employment Law?
I work for a large company that is in financial trouble & they have announced that they will be closing quite a few locations and will supposedly be offering full time employees who are "laid off" a severance package commensurate with tenure. However, some locations have already begun closing & it appears they are using frivolous reasons to begin writing up & firing the full time employees to avoid paying severance while simultaneously screwing those same individuals out of the possibility of collecting unemployment. I would like to know if this is legal (sadly, I'm sure it is) and if there is anything I can do when they come after me....not if, but when. Also, I am in Texas, an at will state.
If they're writing them up (so as to give the employee the blame for the firing) all one would have to do is prove that the company has announced that it will close several locations (and therefore needs to downsize its employee base.) Keep any memos regarding the downsizing or financial trouble or anything like that. Start a conversation with someone in management (someone who knows you and will feel comfortable talking with you) and talk about the firings, ask them if you're at risk, or better yet, ask them if you've been a good employee or if they have any reason to fire you. Record this conversation with your cel phone. In Texas only one party has to b informed that a conversation is being recorded, so long as you know, one party is informed 
If you get written up and fired and denied unemployment because it was "your fault" that you were fired, bring all of the evidence to the unemployment commission (whoever is handling your claim in particular).
If that doesn't work, get a lawyer.
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