Legal Question in Employment Law in Texas

Re: Wrongful Termination

Texas has always been, generally, an "employment-at-will state", as are most other states. Thus, if you are hoping that this was somehow not the case when some adverse job action was taken, that is not going to be the case. This does not mean that there are not exceptions to the doctrine but, generally, anyone can be fired at anytime for a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all. Similarly, you can quit work on that basis as well. You can't be discriminated against on the basis of age, race, gender, etc. nor retaliated against for pursuing workers' compensation rights nor solely for refusing to perform a criminal act, and there are some other protections in limited circumstances as well. Of course, parties by contract can alter the "at will" status of the employoment realtionship, but this must usually be in writing.