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Texas

Trying to encourage resignation can backfire

12/05/2019
Some supervisors mistakenly believe that it won’t have any consequences if they can convince an employee to quit. That’s not true.

Internal complaints not protected as ‘free speech’

11/18/2019
The Texas Constitution gives Texas public employees the right to free speech. Thus, a public employee who speaks out in public about a matter of public importance cannot be punished for doing so. However, that’s not true if the speech occurs at work.

Which word doesn’t belong when disciplining a pregnant employee? That’s right: pregnant!

11/18/2019
A little bit of caution goes a long way toward limiting charges of pregnancy-bias discrimination.

Federal contractor? You’re subject to False Claims Act

11/07/2019
The False Claims Act prohibits federal contractors from firing whistleblowers who report employer wrongdoing.

Best defense: Consistent rules universally enforced

11/07/2019
When an applicant or employee launches a lawsuit, courts naturally end up scrutinizing your organization and its processes. The best defense: Have consistent rules that you universally apply to everyone.

Understand interplay between FMLA, ADA when employee must care for family member

11/07/2019
Employees may have the right to take time off to care for a disabled family member under the FMLA, but the same isn’t true under the ADA for a request for reasonable accommodations of time off to care for the same family member.

Ensure policy spells out exactly how employees should report allegations of sexual harassment

11/07/2019
You will probably survive a harassment lawsuit if you trained all employees how to use the policy and followed up with discipline whenever an investigation uncovered harassment.

Yes, same employee can file several EPA suits

11/07/2019
Can an employee keep coming back to court with a new comparator? The answer appears to be a qualified “yes” as long as the new co-worker comparator arrived on the scene after the earlier lawsuit began.

EEOC: Assisted living facility in McKinney, Texas violated ADA

11/07/2019
Enlivant, an nationwide provider of assisted-living residences, faces an EEOC lawsuit alleging the company illegally terminated a chef who worked at its North Brook Place facility in McKinney, Texas.

Employee acts as attorney? Prepare for a long haul

11/07/2019
Plenty of employees who want to sue their employers can’t find an attorney willing to represent them. Then they decide to act as their own lawyers. Courts dread these cases, but they often grant great leeway to pro se plaintiffs, who usually aren’t familiar with even basic legal processes.