Law Office of Alan Tysinger

Can I be fired while on workers' compensation benefits?

Your employer cannot file you because you filed for workers' compensation, but they can let you go if you are out of work for an extended period of time and they need to get someone else to do your job. The Federal law called the Family and Medical Leave Act... Read more →

I got hurt through no fault of my own and now the company is treating me like dirt. Can they do this?

The state of Texas is an "at-will" employment state, which means your employer can fire you for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. That is, unless their reason (their "real" reason-- not necessarily what they tell you) is because you filed a workers' compensation claim,... Read more →