Status of Campus Carry and Parking Lot (in layman's terms)

[JackRR]

Governor Perry signed the parking lot bill into law today. It's signed, sealed, and delivered.

Sweet!!!!!!!!!

As far as my employer goes and my co-workers go..the location of my carry weapons
WAS none of their business
IS NOW none of their business
And in the FUTURE on 1Sep will STILL BE none of their business

Concealed means concealed...visually and verbally

Jack

[seeker_two]

Kudos to Perry.....now, let's get it revised so it doesn't discriminate against teachers & other school employees....

[tuckerdog1]

As an earlier poster said, now the employer will just find some other reason to terminate you ( the real reason being the firearm, but that would not be the 'stated' reason ). Being a right to work state, would an employer even have to give a reason ?

I'm not feeling real proteceted here.

Tuckerdog1

[RottenApple]

As an earlier poster said, now the employer will just find some other reason to terminate you ( the real reason being the firearm, but that would not be the 'stated' reason ). Being a right to work state, would an employer even have to give a reason ?

I'm not feeling real proteceted here.

Tuckerdog1

Nope. An employer does not need to give a reason for termination. However, if you file unemployment and they challenge it, TWC will require them to state why you were terminated.

[Keith B]

As an earlier poster said, now the employer will just find some other reason to terminate you ( the real reason being the firearm, but that would not be the 'stated' reason ). Being a right to work state, would an employer even have to give a reason ?

I'm not feeling real proteceted here.

Tuckerdog1

How would you suggest you be more protected by the law on this? If they searched your car and were upset because they found a firearm and just shortly thereafter terminated you, then you have grounds to go after them. They will have to provide justification to the firing or face a wrongful termination suit. No different than it is today for getting terminated unjustly for anything else.

[Charles L. Cotton]

As an earlier poster said, now the employer will just find some other reason to terminate you ( the real reason being the firearm, but that would not be the 'stated' reason ). Being a right to work state, would an employer even have to give a reason ?

I'm not feeling real proteceted here.

Tuckerdog1

The same thing could be said for terminating someone because of age, race, religious affiliation, gender, physical handicap, etc. Employers terminate people everyday on a pretext to conceal the real reason. They also get sued everyday and they often lose. Sometimes it's easy to prove the plaintiff's case, sometimes it's not. That's the way it is with any lawsuit.

Obviously, it's easier to get away with it when terminating a bad or marginal employee than with a good employee, especially one with good employee evaluations, good performance, and or long tenure.

An employer doesn't have to give an employee a reason for terminating them, but when the employee files for unemployment benefits, the employer either has to fight it as a "termination for cause" and state the clear reason, or let them collect benefits. This doesn't stop the employee from suing either.

Chas.

[tacticool]

An employer doesn't have to give an employee a reason for terminating them, but when the employee files for unemployment benefits, the employer either has to fight it as a "termination for cause" and state the clear reason, or let them collect benefits. This doesn't stop the employee from suing either.

Many big employers don't object to unemployment claims even when they fire for cause. It's less risky than giving a reason.