Texas Wage And Hour Legal Questions

If the health issue concerns your daughter, how could your doctor give you a note to stay at home? Any issues you have with working should be discussed with your employer. There are many ways for you to get help during this time from unemployment to paid time off from your employer. You can get information for unemployment on the Texas Workforce Commission's web site. You should discuss your concerns about working and your daughter's health with your employer and see what feedback you get from them.... Read More

Because you were treated like an employee, you should file a wage claim through TWC: https://twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/texas-payday-law#paymentsSubjectToPaydayLaw The employer may also be in trouble with TWC and the U.S. Labor Department for classifying you as a contractor and treating you like an employee. The employer likely did that to save on payroll taxes.... Read More

This sounds like a working interview. If you are working, you must be paid and you must fill out the same paperwork you would if they hire you. The only way they can avoid paying you is if you just observe without doing any work. If you work without pay, it is a violation of state and federal law. If a person works, a person must be paid.... Read More

Yes, a 16 hour shift is legal in Texas. Here is some information from the Texas Workfoce Commission: Work Schedules Work schedules are up to an employer to set and enforce, i.e., scheduling of employees is entirely within the employer's control, and it is up to the employees to comply with the schedule that is given to them. With only extremely narrow exceptions relating to certain regulated industries or collective bargaining agreements, adults, as well as youths ages 16 or 17, may work, and/or may be required to work, unlimited hours each day (the only limits are employee morale, practical realities, and common sense in general). Employers can require employees to work overtime, as long as the non-exempt employees are properly paid for the overtime hours they put in (keep in mind that neither Texas nor federal law require payment of "daily overtime" - overtime pay at time and a half is owed only for hours in excess of 40 in a seven-day workweek); for details on overtime hours and pay, see "Determining Hours Worked for Non-Exempt Employees" and "Calculating Overtime Pay" in this book. The only exception is for nurses (RNs and LVNs) - under a new Texas law that went into effect on September 1, 2009, mandatory overtime for RNs and LVNs is permissible only in disaster and other emergency situations - see Texas Health and Safety Code Section 258.003. For purposes of this law, "mandatory overtime" is defined as work time above and beyond the normal pre-scheduled shifts (Section 258.002). Thus, while such a nurse can be required to work a schedule of 50 or more hours per week (with payment of overtime pay for any nurse who is non-exempt), they cannot be required to work beyond what they were told they would have to work, unless an emergency situation demands additional hours beyond the pre-scheduled shifts. ... Read More