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Citizen asks TWC for name‑clearing hearing after employee termination; another speaker describes denied unemployment
Summary
Two public commenters told the Texas Workforce Commission the agency wrongly terminated or misidentified employees and asked for commission review; one requested a name‑clearing hearing and formal correction of personnel records.
Mitsy Stellarski told the Texas Workforce Commission she was speaking as a citizen to request a name‑clearing hearing for her husband, Joseph Stellarski, whose personnel file she said now contains false allegations finalized without interviewing him. "In his years there, the agency had never disciplined him. Not once… and then in a single step, it moved to end his career," Stellarski said, adding that the agency issued a notice of proposed termination while he was on approved medical leave.
Patricia Walker described a separate employment dispute, saying she was fired under false allegations, that her identity was conflated with someone else, and that the agency denied her unemployment twice. "I just wish that my voice be heard. It has caused me and my family a lot of struggles," Walker said. Both commenters asked the Commission to review the records or provide a hearing. The Commission acknowledged the public comments during the meeting's public‑comment period but did not announce immediate follow‑up steps on either request.
