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The WARN Act plays a vital role in safeguarding the rights of workers. It ensures that employers cannot carry out significant workforce reductions without providing at least 60 days’ advance notice and appropriate compensation. But far too frequently, companies fail to provide the required notice before plant closures and mass layoffs, leaving workers not only […]
Read More of This PostThe Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on a person’s intention to join the uniformed services, current service in the armed forces, or former service in the uniformed services. Retaliation by an employer against an employee who attempts to uphold their own or others’ rights under the […]
Read More of This PostThe Shady Practices That Make Shady Med Spas Med spas have become increasingly popular in Texas as more and more people seek cosmetic treatments without undergoing invasive procedures. While many med spas operate with integrity, some, unfortunately, take shortcuts that violate Texas laws, putting their customers and employees at risk. What is a Med Spa? […]
Read More of This PostThe National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that employers may not provide employees with severance agreements that would require them to broadly renounce their rights under labor laws. What is the NLRB? The National Labor Relations Board was founded via the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, which was created to encourage collective bargaining by […]
Read More of This PostUPDATED FRIDAY at 11:43 am PT: What if all the minority and female employees on my team got laid off, and they kept only my white male coworkers? This may constitute illegal race discrimination, even in the context of a layoff. Multiple federal and state laws prohibit this, including Title VII of the Civil Rights […]
Read More of This PostIs COBRA health coverage free for most unemployed Texans as of April 2021? The shocking answer is yes. Thanks to a new law, most Texas employees who recently lost their jobs will qualify for free COBRA (continuing healthcare coverage) from April to September of 2021. The recently-passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) contains a dense […]
Read More of This PostCan my boss fire me for not driving to work during the Central Texas winter storm if I’m facing unsafe driving conditions? Texas is facing a extremely dangerous winter weather over the next few days. The Governor has already issued a disaster declaration for all 254 counties in Texas, from Dallas to Brownsville which includes […]
Read More of This PostWe just found what appears to be a copy of the Texas Whistleblower Act lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s top legal authority, claiming his top attorneys were subject to retaliation after reporting illegal activity to an appropriate law enforcement entity, for more information on this lawyers see their list of services […]
Read More of This PostThe Supreme Court changed the law in Texas forever when it held in Bostock that LGBTQ discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was an unexpected but joyous milestone. So, what does this mean moving forward? Texas Employers Cannot Fire you For Being Gay To start with the obvious: Texas […]
Read More of This PostToday is a watershed day for rights for the LGBTQ community in Texas and across the United States. The Supreme Court just ruled for the first time today that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the major federal civil rights law, protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees everywhere in this […]
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