Employment question company bought out

[crooner]

Question, my wife's apartment complex she's worked at for 4-1/2 years was bought out and closed today by another company.

They came in and reduced my wife's pay by $5.00 an hour and told her she must now work 3 weekends (Saturday & Sunday) a month.

With her old company she had a verbal agreement and did not work weekends due to us having a newborn and I work weekends

My question is If she informs them tomorrow that she can't work weekends due to are newborn and the past agreement with her old company is there still clause for unemployment?

[Forever_frost]

If it was a verbal agreement, I'm not seeing them honoring it. New company, new rules

[SMKR]

I believe that she has to be laid off to collect unemployment

[Broncojohnny]

She can get unemployment for that. It isn't like they can just come in and change the rules and her not have anything. You should be calling the Texas Workforce Commission and asking them, not asking the dickholes on this site.

[crooner]

Laid off or fired. I'm sure they will let her go (fire) when she tells them she can't work weekends. Question is will TWC accept that.

[crooner]

I did but, there already closed for today and she has to let her new boss know I'm the morning what she's going to do.

[Slow Five-O]

$5/hr? Damn!

[TEAMJACOB]

I don't know if she can do anything. In November of 2011, I took a 30k pay cut but after seeing many get the cut, I was glad I still had a job, insurance, etc

[Pooter]

You have no rights as an employee in Texas. IIRC, there are only 3 states that actually have any employment laws(?). You're pretty much SOL The only rules towards working so many days a week apply to retail jobs ONLY for Texas(and only state you cant be worked 7 days a week), but doesn't apply here. As for hours/overtime or days/schedule, there are no laws.

[The King]

I don't know if she can do anything. In November of 2011, I took a 30k pay cut but after seeing many get the cut, I was glad I still had a job, insurance, etc

If you were in the choo$$$$$$$choo$$$$$$$ union that never would have been allowed to happen.

[VaderTT]

Fuck TWC, but here's some info brah!


"How Do I Qualify?

The Act sets qualifying requirements in three main areas: your past wages, your last job separation, and ongoing availability and work search. You must meet all of the requirements in the three areas to receive benefits.

1. Your past wages

To receive benefits you must have a payable claim. A payable claim means you earned a specific amount of wages during a recent 12-month period called the base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you applied for benefits. (Calendar quarters are three-month periods beginning the first day of January, April, July, or October.) This means that when we calculate benefits we cannot use wages in the calendar quarter in which you filed your claim, or the quarter just before that. We calculate your weekly benefit amount on the highest quarter earnings in your base period. We divide that high quarter's total earnings by 25 to get your weekly benefit amount. We may have to adjust this amount to be inside the allowed range of benefit amounts in Texas. Your weekly benefit amount will be between $62 and $440 depending upon the wages you earned. Your maximum or total benefit amount is the lesser of 26 times the weekly amount, or 27 percent of all your wages in the base period. To estimate possible UI benefits, use our Benefits Estimator. After you apply for benefits, we send you a Statement of Benefits with your potential benefit amounts. We can pay benefits only to individuals who have payable claims.

To have a payable claim you must:

1. Have wages in at least two of your four base-period calendar quarters; and
2. Have total base period wages that are at least 37 times your weekly benefit amount; and
3. Have earned 6 times your new weekly benefit amount since the time you qualified for benefits on a prior claim.

If you were out of work for a prolonged time during the base period because of a medically verifiable illness, injury, disability, or pregnancy, you may be able to use an alternate base period. If you meet the requirements, TWC could use wages you earned before your illness or injury. If you qualify under both a regular and an alternate base period, you decide which base period to use.

2. Your separation from your last work

You must be unemployed or partially unemployed (reduced hours) through no fault of your own to receive benefits.

Examples of qualifying reasons are:

* You were laid off due to lack of work.
* You are still working but the employer reduced your hours. (Your reduction in hours must not be because of a disciplinary action.)
* You were fired without work-related misconduct. Examples of misconduct are a violation of company policy; violation of law; neglect or mismanagement of your position; or failure to perform your work acceptably if you are capable of doing so.
* You quit your job for a good well-documented work-related or medical reason. You should be prepared to present evidence that you tried to correct the problem before you quit.
TWC may rule good cause if the work situation would cause a person who truly wants to keep the job to leave it.
o Examples of possible good cause are unsafe working conditions or a significant change in hiring agreement, or not receiving payment for your work.
o Examples of medical reasons are quitting on your doctor's advice, or quitting to provide care for a minor child who has a medically verifiable illness if there is no alternative care provider, or quitting to provide care for a terminally ill spouse if there is no alternative care provider. (Note: To receive benefits, you must meet the ongoing availability requirements detailed below.)
* You quit to protect yourself from family violence or stalking, evidenced by an active or recently issued protective order, a police record documenting family violence or stalking directed against you, or medical documentation of family violence against you.

In addition:

* If you quit to move with your husband or wife, you may be able to receive benefits after a disqualification of 6 to 25 weeks. This is a disqualification of both time and money, because we must subtract the number of weeks from your total benefits.
* If you quit to move with your military spouse, Texas lets you receive benefits without a disqualification if your spouse has a permanent change of station longer than 120 days, or a tour of duty longer than one year.

3. Ongoing availability and work search requirements

During each week you claim benefits, you must:

* Make an active search for full-time work, unless TWC exempts you from this requirement
* Be physically able to work
* Be available for full-time work
* Apply for and accept suitable work
* Be registered for work search online at WorkInTexas.com, (select logon as job seeker) or with the nearest Workforce Solutions office. Find a list of public workforce offices (PDF) in your state where you can register for work search. Many states allow you to register online.
* Call TWC, or call or report to a Workforce Solutions office, as instructed"

[TEAMJACOB]

If you were in the choo$$$$$$$choo$$$$$$$ union that never would have been allowed to happen.

True. The way I see it, I still had a job while some didn't. I'd rather get my salary back through hard work anyway

[BMCSean]

Did you buy that pistol?

[ceyko]

I see a lot of information I do not believe is correct. I personally don't think you will get your answer until after she gets canned (if she does).

[crooner]

Guess we will find out.