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Texas

Prepare for overtime changes in retail, hospitality industries

01/28/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act will have an enormous impact on employers in the retail and hospitality industries.

Corpus Christi Citgo workers to be paid for briefing time

01/28/2016
Workers at Citgo’s Corpus Christi plant will receive a little more pay following a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation of the oil company’s shift-change policy.

Austin employee promoted, files race bias suit anyway

01/28/2016
Employees who get promotions generally don’t sue their employers, but an administrative specialist for the city of Austin, Texas, has done just that.

University budget crisis justified tenure cut

01/28/2016
Professors who teach at public institutions and have tenure are generally protected from job cuts. But under some circumstances, they still may lose their jobs.

Whistleblowing requires report outside chain

01/28/2016
Government employees in Texas are protected from retaliation for blowing the whistle on a co-worker, supervisor or the agency where they work.

That air-tight arbitration clause? It might not stop class-action after all

01/28/2016

A federal magistrate has ordered notifications sent to a large group of employees inviting them to join in a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit.

Taqueria shells out $33,000 for wage-and-hour violations

01/28/2016
Taqueria La Herradura in Pharr, Texas, has paid more than $33,000 in damages to its kitchen staff following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation.

Employee claims bias after transgender dispute

01/28/2016
A woman fired from a Children’s Lighthouse Learning Center franchise in Katy, Texas, is suing her former employer after refusing to address a transgender child as a male.

Are noncompete agreements legal in Texas?

01/14/2016
Q. Can noncompete agreements be enforced against at-will employees in Texas?

Could yelling at the boss be an ADA disability?

01/04/2016
Q. One of our employees recently shouted at his supervisor, and in doing so violated a work rule. In the course of counseling and disciplining—but not discharging—this employee stated for the first time that he has a disorder which might have caused his conduct. May we still discipline this employee?