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RLGarza
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What is the name of your state? I live in Texas.
I work for a corporation, that is shutting down several power plants, including the one I work at as a Control Room Operator.
A couple of years ago, they informed us that they were going to sell our plant and started to pay the employees retention pay in order to keep the emplyees till the plant was sold. Every six months we would get half of the retention pay and half would be "Banked", we were to get the "Banked" amount when the plant sold. A month ago we were told that the plant would no longer be sold but would be "Motheballed", put into long term storage and the employees laid off and that we would be getting severance, but not the "Banked" retention. This would be fine except for that fact they keep changing the lay-off date. It started off being mid November, then it was December 31st, and now maybe not until February. They have told us that we cannot receive the severance until they let us go. My job no longer exists, the plant is not running so there is nothing for me to operate, my hours have been changed and I have been doing laborer type work. Since the annoucement of the sale of the plant I have had several opportunities to take a job elsewhere, but have declined because I did not want to lose the "Banked" retention pay. I know I have a good chance to get a good job outside of San Antonio, but I need my severance pay to help pay for the relocation. The problem is I can't even get a severance date. Is this legal? They have been dangling this carrot in front of us for two years and now it seems that they are trying to get out of paying us. In addition the corporation is in trouble and I'm afraid they may go under before we get our money.
I work for a corporation, that is shutting down several power plants, including the one I work at as a Control Room Operator.
A couple of years ago, they informed us that they were going to sell our plant and started to pay the employees retention pay in order to keep the emplyees till the plant was sold. Every six months we would get half of the retention pay and half would be "Banked", we were to get the "Banked" amount when the plant sold. A month ago we were told that the plant would no longer be sold but would be "Motheballed", put into long term storage and the employees laid off and that we would be getting severance, but not the "Banked" retention. This would be fine except for that fact they keep changing the lay-off date. It started off being mid November, then it was December 31st, and now maybe not until February. They have told us that we cannot receive the severance until they let us go. My job no longer exists, the plant is not running so there is nothing for me to operate, my hours have been changed and I have been doing laborer type work. Since the annoucement of the sale of the plant I have had several opportunities to take a job elsewhere, but have declined because I did not want to lose the "Banked" retention pay. I know I have a good chance to get a good job outside of San Antonio, but I need my severance pay to help pay for the relocation. The problem is I can't even get a severance date. Is this legal? They have been dangling this carrot in front of us for two years and now it seems that they are trying to get out of paying us. In addition the corporation is in trouble and I'm afraid they may go under before we get our money.