Group speaks against at-will policy

[Skipper]

Nicole Balderas / Senior Staff Writer Members of the Texas State Employee Union spoke to a small group of students, staff and faculty outside the Hurley Administration Building on Wednesday about the dangers of an at-will employment policy. Texas is an at-will state, which allows employers to demote or fire someone with or without cause, with the exception of violating discrimination acts. However, UNT's current "for cause" policy allows employees to be terminated only with a given reason and after going through listed steps, according to UNT Policy No. 1.7.1. UNT began considering changes to the current employment policy [...]

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[meangreendork]

Got a mixed feeling on this one.

It takes more force to fire someone at UNT than it does to move a mountain. That's good if someone does well with their work but has some terrible co-workers or superiors who want to politick them out of a job. However, it's bad when someone is horrible at their job and is making their co-workers pull slack for them.

So if it makes it easier to cut chaff, then I'm for this as long as it also allows more than solid protection against office politicking. I saw that in the corporate world and it's ugly. Really, really ugly.

[Monkeypox]

It takes more force to fire someone at UNT than it does to move a mountain. That's good if someone does well with their work but has some terrible co-workers or superiors who want to politick them out of a job. However, it's bad when someone is horrible at their job and is making their co-workers pull slack for them.

No kidding. Back when I worked in the system it was a 7-step disciplinary process to get someone fired. You'd pretty much have to start burning buildings down to get in real trouble.

[KRAM1]

Will be very interesting to see how this develops...one would definitely expect a member of the Texas State Employees Union would be opposed.