Geraldine recently started a job with FLIP, a trendy new coffee shop on South Presa. She got the job when she walked in just as the previous host was walking out after quitting. The manager needed somebody to handle the evening crowd, and that's how Geraldine got hired. Business is pretty brisk for awhile but then it starts to slow down. After about four months on the job, Geraldine shows up to work one evening to learn that she no longer has a job. The manager tells her she has to start letting some people go, and Geraldine is one of them. Geraldine isn't happy, but accepts her fate as something that happens. A couple of weeks later, however, she goes by the shop and notices that Madea, an employee who was hired after her, is still working at FLiP. This upsets Geraldine, especially when she finds out that a couple of other employees who were hired after her are still employed at FLiP. There don't appear to be any discrimination issues. FLIP has a total employment force of 31. Geraldine tells you about all this. What do you tell Geraldine? Geraldine. I think you might have a complaint for wrongful termination. Aalthough the coffee shop can start letting employees go if it's having financial difficulties, they have to go in order of seniority and start with those 1. who were hired last. That means Madea and those other employees should have been terminated first. Geraldine, federal law requires employers with more than 15 employees to provide a mandatory two week notice 2 period before terminating employment of at-will employees. That's in the Fair Labor Standards Act. You can't stop FLIP from letting you go, but you can insist on your two week notice because that's the law. Geraldine. Texas law presumes that you have an employment contract with FLiP. What this means is that FLIP 3 can't fire you without good cause. If FLIP failed to provide you with the proper notification as to grounds for your dismissal, you are able to file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission. Sorry Geraldine. You were an at-will employee, and that means you can be released from your employment at 4. any time without cause