Q: Can I state in my employment contract that without fulfilling my 2 week notice, they forfeit any remaining paid salary?
My barbershop business is in Texas. My employees are paid hourly. This is a new & small business with only a few employees . When they quit, they are only giving me a 24 hour notice, so that drastically affects my business, and there have been many days where I had to close for the entire day being short of staff. Someone suggested revising my employee contract to stipulate that employee must leave a two week , And if they do not fulfill the two week notice they would forfeit their remaining paid salary. Can I legally have them sign this contract?
A: If you want advice about a contract, you have to let an attorney read it, don't you? It seems to me you are asking if you can get out of paying someone for hours that have already been completed, so I am confused as to what your question actually is. It will cost a ton of money probably just to go see an employment lawyer, so perhaps you can get some guidelines from a government site.
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