QUESTION
Is it legal to fire one employee for an action, but then let the next employee who did the same thing keep working?
Asked on Jul 30th, 2013 on Wrongful Termination - Texas
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I was fired for not hitting a sales quota that was almost impossible to reach because of the company's failure to provide adequate service. Is it discrimination if another employee who could not hit quota gets to keep their job? Can a company apply different standards to people who do the same job?
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The short answer to your question is "Yes" unless you have some reason to believe that the "sales quota" issue is not the real reason you were fired.
Texas is an at-will employment state. Thus it is OK for an employer to treat two similar employees differently unless the reason for the different treatment is something like race, sex, age, color, national origin, disability or religion. Otherwise, the law does not require an employer to be fair.
Good luck.
Answered on Aug 05th, 2013 at 4:44 PM
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