Being fired when you’re injured isn’t necessarily retribution under the law

In Texas and other states, an employer can terminate an “at will” employee—even if he or she is off because of a work-related injury—and not be guilty of so-called retaliatory discharge.  Harris v. American Red Cross (1990) ruled that this is allowable provided the employer did not discriminate against the worker for filing for worker’s comp. The same Texas case cited that an employer was not guilty of retaliatory discharge even though the company fired a worker after obtaining a medical opinion that the worker was medically cleared to return to work but the employee refused to do so and did not file for worker’s comp.

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