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Personal Experiences


On this page I will share others who have be successful and have offered to share their "personal experiences" with TWC and their former employers. It will not however give names or companies and the person will of course be anonymous, it is just to give others hope who don't know where to turn or understand what to do. You can go to the contact form and submit general info about your case and any other information to help others.

Again....Good Luck with your battle!

Thank you! I used your site and form letters as a guide and I WON!!! Thank you for this site.


I was employed as an elementary school social worker for 12 years with a private non-profit agency. I was placed in schools to work with kids to help them. I did not work for the school district, but for a private non-profit agency. I had received a promotion mid way through my employment and was an area manager. On a friday, I was called in to human resources and told a serious accusation had been made against me. I asked what it was. They said it warranted further investigation.

On Monday, I was called back to human resources and told I was being terminated. I asked again what I had done. They said the decision had been made. I asked if a demotion was considered and they said it was not an option. I came home and filed for unemployment. I said I was fired and I had not been fired for misconduct. I received benefits immediately. Soon after, I received a call from TWC stating that my former employer said I yelled at two employees and refused to help them. I denied it and benefits continued. I received a letter stating my employer had appealed and there would be a hearing. I had 2 phone hearings. I had received my "packet" for the first hearing and found they were presenting 2nd hand documentation from one employing stating another employee said I yelled at her. They also presented a document from an employee stating she didn't like the review I had given her.

During the first hearing the employers told the hearing officer that I had been fired under a statement in the employee handbook that I had "verbally abused, threatened and/or initimidated" another employee. With this information, I sent two letters to the two employees they claimed had made the accusations against me. I asked simple questions. DID (MY NAME) EVER VERBALLY ABUSE YOU? (THREATEN, INTIMIDATE, REFUSE TO HELP, YELL) Each in its own question. Both people answered no to all questions and mailed the letters back to me. I submitted the documents for the 2nd hearing. During the 2nd hearing human resources forced one of the people to testify against me and say that I had indeed yelled at her. The second person had already resigned her position with the agency. The hearing officer sided with the agency and stopped my benefits in March. The hearing officer found that I had YELLED at two people. I appealed to the Commission. I used your documents to do so. I told the Commission that it was obvious the person was under duress in fear of losing her own job when she tesified against me. I attached both signed documents I had obtained.

After almost 4 months I received a letter stating that the Commission overturned the decision.They found that the first accusation was hearsay and that my testimony and signed document was greater proof. They found that the second accusation had conflicting tesimony and could not be trusted. They said the employer had not been successful with the burden of proof. I received all back pay dating back to March. But my account had run out mid April. I called TWC to see if I had been eligible for an extension and if I could still get it. The operator I reached was surprised that I had continued to do my work searches and request my payments every 2 weeks as required. Because I had done everything correctly, she approved me for an emergency benefit. She paid me back pay from April till June and told me my remaining benefit from the extension. I am still receiving benefits.

Again, I thank you. Your website and information on it helped me write the documents that won my case!

 
 
Your site is awesome... thanks for your info... I was totally prepared!

 

I cannot believe I found your site, it allowed me to get my benefits from me job because I was laid off from them. I had an issue at work, in which my employer was losing money due to no business. He decided he would let me go saying that I was not doing my job properly. I used your site and a few weeks later, and an appeal later, I am getting my benefits. Thanks again for the site and please keep up the good work!!

 
 
Thank you so much for your infomration, it has helped us to get by for the time being.

 

Last fall I was laid off from my position Austin-based company. Thankfully, I do have my unemployment check, thanks to your site, we're not making ends meet, but at least we have something coming in for now. In the years leading up to my layoff we did everything we were supposed to: We put away six months salary in savings; we bought a house within our means; and we had no credit card debt.

But as time ticks by, our savings account is disappearing. To slow the decline, we cut all unnecessary spending. Mortgage payment, food and gas. We're trying to keep our financial situation from harming my two kids as much as possible, as they are our priority. My wife and I can, have, and will continue to make the sacrifices. We want to do the little things we can do to protect our children from the 'adult problems' of the current economic situation. We know we'll land on our feet. With our children at such a critical stage in their development, we just want to make sure they do, too."

But I could not have done it without your site and I thank you!
 
 
 



 

 
 
 
 
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You are able to file unemployment with the Texas Workforce Commission from any of these cities listed below in the State of Texas:

* Abbott * Abernathy * Abilene * Ackerly * Addison * Adelphi * Adrian * Agua Dulce * Alamo Heights * Alamo * Albany * Aledo * Alice * Allen * Alleyton * Alpine * Alton * Alvarado * Alvin * Amarillo * Ames * Amherst * Anahuac * Anderson * Andrews * Angleton * Angus * Anna * Anson * Antelope * Anton * Appleby * Aquilla * Aransas Pass * Archer City * Arcola * Argyle * Arlington * Arp * Asherton * Athens * Atlanta * Aubrey * Austin * Austwell * Azle * Bailey's Prairie * Bailey * Baird * Balch Springs * Balcones Heights * Ballinger * Balmorhea * Bandera * Bangs * Bardwell * Barrett * Barry * Barstow * Bartlett * Bastrop * Bay City * Baytown * Bayview * Bayou Vista * Baytown * Beach City * Bean Station * Beasley * Beaumont * Beckville * Bedford * Bedias * Bee Cave * Beeville * Bellaire * Bellevue * Bellmead * Bells * Bellville * Belton * Benavides * Benbrook * Benjamin * Bertram * Beverly Hills * Bevil Oaks * Big Lake * Big Spring * Big Wells * Bishop * Black * Blackfoot * Blackwell * Blanco * Blanket * Blossom * Blue Mound * Blue Ridge * Boerne * Bogata * Bolivar Peninsula * Bonham * Boonville * Bootleg * Borger * Bovina * Bowie * Brackettville * Brady * Brazoria * Brazos Bend * Brazos Country * Breckenridge * Bremond * Brenham * Briaroaks * Bridge City * Bridgeport * Brookshire * Brookside Village * Browndell * Brownfield * Brownsboro * Brownsville * Brownwood * Bruceville-Eddy * Bryan * Bryson * Buda * Buffalo * Bulverde * Bullard * Bulverde * Bunker Hill Village * Burkburnett * Burke * Burleson * Burnet * Byers * Cactus * Caddo Mills * Caldwell * Callisburg * Calvert * Cameron * Camp Wood * Campbell * Canadian * Canton * Canyon * Hill * Carmine * Carrizo Springs * Carrollton * Carthage * Cashion Community * Castle Hills * Castroville * Cedar Hill * Cedar Park * Celeste * Center * Center City * Centerville * Chandler * Channelview * Channing * Charlotte * Chapel Hill * Chester * Chico * Childress * Chillicothe * Chilton * China * China Grove * Chireno * Chocolate Bayou 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