Houston Constructive Discharge Lawyers

You depend upon your job personally, professionally, and financially. Depending upon the nature of your employment, you may have entered into a contractual agreement regarding your term of service or the specific details of your pay and duties. Or, maybe you were hired in an “at will” employment capacity. In either case, you may be entitled to pursue a legal action for wrongful termination against your employer. Under certain circumstances this is true even if you resigned from your position. This less commonly known form of wrongful termination case is called “constructive discharge,” and an experienced employment lawyer can help you to determine whether it is applicable to your situation.

If you have had to resign from a contractually bound position due to a hostile work environment, contact the Houston constructive discharge attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910.

Establishing a Case for Constructive Discharge

Texas law is fairly clear in establishing the grounds upon which one may file a constructive discharge action. The two criteria that must be met are:

• The conditions of the working environment would be interpreted as intolerable by an objective observer
• Any reasonable person in the same situation would have felt a personal need to resign from the position due to the nature and extent of negative factors

More generally, constructive discharge may apply in the event that an employer radically alters the compensation or occupational responsibilities upon which the initial offer of employment was made.

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If an employer's perpetual harassment or negative amendment to your written or expressed contractual agreement has led you to resign, contact the Houston constructive discharge lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910. We will thoroughly evaluate your case to determine if you are eligible for damages.