I am writing this on behalf of my father. He is a project manager for a construction company in Texas. He has recently been told by his boss that he will not be getting his paycheck until a problem is fixed. Here is the problem.
My father is currently working on a four story apartment building project, that involves replacing leaky windows and re-painting the affected surfaces. His boss asked him to repaint a very specific area of the exterior wall with the exact same paint color that was previously used. The same paint company was used down to the numerical value of the paint, as assigned by the paint company. This paint was then used on a stucco surface. After the area of the wall was painted and dried and the scaffolding was removed it was apparent that the new area dried to a slightly darker color than the rest of the wall. My father was responsible for overseeing the project but also helped his labor workers during the process of painting.
The result of the wall being darker was not well received by the "big boss." My father's boss then told him, "well why didn't you just paint the whole wall?" My father replied with, "you specifically told me to only paint the designated area."
This altercation resulted with my father's boss telling him, "well this is your problem and you better fix it and you can't pick up your paycheck until the wall is fixed."
My question is since my father followed the direction of the boss, although the result was not the desired result, does my father have any rights in this situation? Does his employer have the right to withhold is paycheck due to an undesirable outcome, although he followed the directions given to him exactly.
My father is currently working on a four story apartment building project, that involves replacing leaky windows and re-painting the affected surfaces. His boss asked him to repaint a very specific area of the exterior wall with the exact same paint color that was previously used. The same paint company was used down to the numerical value of the paint, as assigned by the paint company. This paint was then used on a stucco surface. After the area of the wall was painted and dried and the scaffolding was removed it was apparent that the new area dried to a slightly darker color than the rest of the wall. My father was responsible for overseeing the project but also helped his labor workers during the process of painting.
The result of the wall being darker was not well received by the "big boss." My father's boss then told him, "well why didn't you just paint the whole wall?" My father replied with, "you specifically told me to only paint the designated area."
This altercation resulted with my father's boss telling him, "well this is your problem and you better fix it and you can't pick up your paycheck until the wall is fixed."
My question is since my father followed the direction of the boss, although the result was not the desired result, does my father have any rights in this situation? Does his employer have the right to withhold is paycheck due to an undesirable outcome, although he followed the directions given to him exactly.
