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It is imperative that a settlement requires the company to expunge any of your personnel records connected to its alleged justifications for firing you.
He later discovered that the man responsible for his probation and firing happened to be the best man at his supervisor’s wedding and a friend for 25 years.
Texas has laws in place to protect you from retaliatory discharge for filing a compensation claim, hiring a lawyer or serving as a witness against the company.
If you are a seafarer from Florence or one of the Quad Cities and think you may have been blackballed by the industry, don’t take matters into your own hands.
She alleges that a male co-worker in the same job position was paid more. At the end of the month, she was told she would not be assigned any further jobs.
The number one fear that injured maritime workers face is getting blacklisted or blackballed if they file a claim against their employer. Read this blog to learn more.
Injured maritime workers may be afraid that they will be fired if they file a claim against their maritime employer. V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 451.001 states that an employer may not retaliate against an employee for filing a workers compensation claim, which could apply in offshore cases.
Let’s look at Texas cases that centered on the connection between worker termination and worker’s compensation claims. Sometimes employers were found guilty of retaliatory discharge and some weren't
One issue that comes up frequently in worker’s comp—retaliatory discharge cases is the so-called “absence control policy.” Absence control policy deals with the terms allowed under a company’s leave of absence policy.
Under tortious interference of contractual rights, we can go after an employer if it’s proven they badmouthed you to the industry so that you will be unhireable
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.
Many maritime workers are afraid that if they suffer a maritime injury and pursue legal action that they might become blackballed or blacklisted by the maritime industry and unable to find future employment.
Some offshore firms scoff at the idea of a blacklist and will look at you as a conspiracy theorist rather than take your concerns seriously. One thing we can promise is to take your blackball concerns seriously.
Manning agents are known for secretly circulating information about seafarers suspected of being “troublemakers” simply for complaining of back wages, poor conditions or for showing an interest in trade unions.
