My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: TX
I am a recruiter. In my previous position I was recruiting people that are EXTREMELY hard to find for consulting positions. I had been very successful in the position, but was "downsized." Here is the problem. The terms of my contract are as such:
Commission against draw.
Would get maid quarterly after the person was hired by the consulting firm in any manner.
My agreement states zero about forfeiture of commissions upon termination or leaving. It simply states that upon placement I would get paid the comission amount.
Here is the situation. I have brought the information, resumes, etc of 300+ people that are now within their system. What that means is they are now in their database, and are up for being hired by the company.
I am going to write them a letter soon giving them the names of all 300 people and demand that I get paid for them once they are placed within the organization.
They make roughly 250K in profit off each and every person they hire and place. My commission is a set amount per placement, roughly a few thousand dollars. So technically they are looking at a liability (if they placed them all) of over $1 Million.
If nowhere in my employment contract it states anything about forfeiture of commissions, what grounds can they stand on??

