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The normal corporate practice of my former employer is to go through the following steps before termination for violation of policy; a verbal warning, a written warning and then a probation period. I was given none of these warnngs and immediate termination was the end result. And even though my direct manager was not in favor of the termination, the action was directed by his superior. The termination was based on comments and perceptions from "some" of my direct reports as to whether or not they were properly motivated by my management style, and that I was not supposedly not accessible for them to bring issues to me. This survey was not conducted with all my direct reports and the number of "some" of the employees was never disclosed. And I believe both of these areas would be contested by several of the employees. Do I have grounds for a wrongful termination claim?

Submitted: 384 days and 12 hours ago.
Category: Employment Law
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Dallas, Texas

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I have done nothing yet. Am I eligible for unemployment benefits?

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Employment is Texas is "at will."

The employment-at-will doctrine means that employment is voluntary for both employees and employers. An at-will employee can quit her job whenever and for whatever reason she wants to without consequence. This is also true for employers. They may terminate an employee for whatever reason whenever they want to without consequence. They may also alter the terms and conditions of employment for a good, bad, or no reason.

This means she can be terminated for any reason that is not discriminatory.

It is unfair that they did not follow the ususal policy and procedures with you. However, there is no legla recouse for doing so. You can likely file for unemployment, but that is it.

Please ask more questions if you need to, I am not sure I have gotten to everything you need. PLEASE also click accept.

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