This Employee Termination package contains essential forms to help your company address the issues of turnover and retention, limit the risk of employment litigation, and build a better workplace. The following forms are included:
1. Summary of Rights and Obligations under COBRA
2. Termination Letter (General)
3. Checklist for Termination Action
4. Employment Termination Agreement
5. Consent to Release of Employment Information and Release
6. Exit Interview
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Texas allows either method. Under the Texas Payday Law, severance pay is not owed unless it is promised in a written policy. Be sure to understand the difference: Most employers designate any post-employment wages paid to ex-employees as severance pay.
An employment contract usually indicates the amount of notice that must be given to the employee upon termination. While termination pay is the minimum amount a person can receive when their employer fires them, severance pay is the full amount.
Finally, the Texas Payday Law regulates the timing of the final paycheck in section 61.014. If an employee is laid off, discharged, fired, or otherwise involuntarily separated from employment, the final pay is due within six (6) calendar days of discharge.
In fact, the Texas Workforce Commission specifically states that you if you are given the choice of being fired or resigning and you choose to quit your job; you are still entitled to unemployment as long as you meet all other requirements.
Texas is an ?at-will employment? state, which means that you can fire an employee for any legal, non-discriminatory reason?even for being annoying.
A wage claim must be submitted no later than 180 days after the date the claimed wages originally became due for payment. If part of your unpaid wages were due within 180 days, submit a claim only for that part. Your claim should identify each type of unpaid wage claimed and how you determined the amount due.
Under § 821.25(b) of the Texas Payday Law rules, severance pay is additional pay for an employee's past work that is given at the end of the employee's employment, and is usually, but not always, based upon a set formula such as length of prior service.
Terminated employees must be paid in full within six days. If an employee is not paid on a payday for any reason, including the employee's absence, the employer must pay those wages on another business day as requested by the employee.
Texas allows either method. Under the Texas Payday Law, severance pay is not owed unless it is promised in a written policy. Be sure to understand the difference: Most employers designate any post-employment wages paid to ex-employees as severance pay.
In terms of retrenchment, the minimum severance pay is 1 week salary for every completed year of service. Severance packages are normally negotiated between employer and employee. The full statutory retrenchment processes are to be found in section 189 and section 189A of the Labour Relations Act.
