employment law

You rely on your job to maintain your way of living. When your employer terminates your employment agreement suddenly or without due cause, you may worry about what lies ahead and how you will cope financially. According to the Legal Information Institute, wrongful...

Whether you have just started a new job, or you have been working at one place for a long time, you may experience workplace harassment. This can be a troubling situation. Harassment can take many forms. Educating yourself about them can help you recognize it, and...

Hearing about your termination is enough to rattle your confidence and disrupt your career. Learning that your employer's actions resulted from biases or unfounded claims can complicate matters more. Wrongful termination not only impacts your personal life. It can...

The Equal Pay Act specifies that employers must pay men and women equal wages for work that is substantially equal in terms of content. In spite of this, the gender wage gap persists. According to KERA news, in 2020, the Texas wage gap was higher than the national...

Employers have the option of carefully screening and selecting the talent they approve for hire. Similarly, they can determine when to terminate their workers. However, their process for letting people go needs to comply with legal guidelines. Wrongful termination is...

Perhaps you are about to start a new job, or your supervisor is recommending you for a promotion, which means moving to a different department. The possibilities are exciting, but you have a disability, and you wonder how your employer will address your needs in the...

During pregnancy, you may worry about discrimination at work. Pregnancy discrimination occurs when employers treat pregnant women or those who are likely to become pregnant unfairly. Even though the Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits employers from discriminating...

When a new employer hires you, they may ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). These contracts put limits on the sharing of business information, usually in the hopes of keeping proprietary information and trade secrets under wraps. It is important for...

Under the law, most jobs are part of at-will employment. What this means is that you and your employer have the right to end the job at any time for any reason. So, you can quit whenever you want without having to explain why or your boss can fire you without giving a...