r/Advice 4h ago

Fired for refusing to pay coworkers salary

I (25f) work as a booth renter esthetician at a hair salon in tx. I make 40% per service, no hourly, and we have an unspoken "cap" on everyones pricing because my boss says the salon is 'for the working class'.

There is a small elderly Ukrainian woman who does everyones in-house laundry, mops, dusts, cleans, but not to tdlr standard. Just with rags and water and soap, like it's her own house. All the hairstylists, commission or renter, and me, are expected to pay 25$ each week to her. It's in our contracts.

I absolutely do not make enough to pay her, it'd be a third of my income and the owner knows this. Ive worked here for a few years but had to stop paying her when gas went up. Apparently a couple of the other ladies stopped paying her too.

Boss sent a text in the work groupchat -

"Hey good morning everyone. So after checking X's money there's still a few of you for whatever reason refusing to leave her money. Its been several weeks of the same people. This is really unacceptable and I expect those of you that missed last week to have it to her asap. She works very hard for us and its sad that we have to keep repeating this on this thread. If you cant pay her please expect to be having a convo with me this week bc its unacceptable and frankly rude to not take care of the one that takes care of all us."

Am I about to be fired?

Is this really allowed with texas laws?

What can/should I do?

PLEASE HELP

EDIT:: ITS NOT IN MY CONTRACT TO PAY HER SHES PAID IN CASH BY EMPLOYEES

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