08/04/2026
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A series on workplace violations, corrective action, and second chances.
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Meet Kali, the shelter's most committed asset-recovery specialist.
Kali has a gift. She finds valuable things, primarily bones, and she secures them. The trouble is where she secures them: buried in the yard, in undisclosed locations, with no inventory log and no intention of telling anyone. A good treasure keeper never tells, and Kali takes that seriously.
It is a funny quirk in a dog. It is a serious problem when it is an employee walking out the door with the client list, the laptop, or a copy of the source code.
Texas recognizes an employee's duty of loyalty, which means workers cannot simply appropriate company property for personal use. But here is what trips up most Texas business owners: a duty in the abstract is worth very little when your handbook does not define what counts as company property, when it must be returned, and what happens if it is not. Texas is an at-will state, so you can usually discipline for this. You just cannot recover what you never documented.
A handbook that says "do not misuse company property" without defining the terms is a handbook that does nothing in the moment it matters. Treaty Oak Employersโ Law Group prepares Texas employee handbooks on a flat-fee basis, drafted for employers who would rather define the policy now than litigate the gap later.
As for Kali, she is house-trained, knows "sit," keeps a tidy kennel, and her adoption fee is already covered. She is a wonderful dog who simply needs a yard and an understanding owner.
She is available now at the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter in Georgetown.
Would your handbook survive an employee like Kali? If your workplace has its own Kali, Treaty Oak Employersโ Law Group helps Texas employers draft practical employee handbooks, investigate workplace issues, and build policies that hold up when they matter most. Learn more at treatyoaklegal.com.
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