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I work for a big hospital in Austin Texas. a director 8 mths ago asked me to trust her and nt take a job offer and wait for an upcoming job position. After many emails and reassurance that the job was mine including speaking to my supervisor letting her know I would be transferring to her dept once the new budget was approved and position posted. I have emails of all conversations. Today I was informed they gave the job to someone else. Do I have any rights?
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Probably not. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, employment in Texas is on an "at will" basis. That means that the employer may terminate the employee's employment at any time for any reason or no reason at all. When an employer breaches a contract of employment, the employee's damages are limited to the wages that could be earned over the remainder of the term of the contract. Since an at-will contract has no "term," there are no damages.
In any event, you do not specify that you would have earned any more money at the "new" job than what you earn at your current job. This seems to be an additional problem with your situation.
Answered on Nov 27th, 2012 at 11:01 AM