While you enjoy working for your Texas-based employer, you sometimes get the feeling that your boss may take advantage of you. Does your employer violate workplace laws? U.S. News & World Report explains employment laws that companies commonly violate. Learn more...
Austin Employment Law Blog
Workers may have recourse against employers for retaliation
MarketWatch reports that workers filed over 39,000 retaliation charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2019. These claims represent roughly 54% of all charges submitted to the EEOC that year. Retaliation often occurs when an employee becomes a...
Does your severance agreement comply with ADEA requirements?
Severance agreements must comply with certain government requirements. For departing employees 40 years of age or older, severance agreements must conform to the rules established under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, among others. EEOC language rules A...
The mental toll of sexual harassment
Sexual harassment creates many hardships for victims and their loved ones. Sometimes, mistreatment presents a number of problems for victims in terms of their career, but there are many other ways in which people suffer, especially from a mental standpoint. For...
Discrimination and wage and hour violations
In workspaces across the country, discrimination is a major problem. Likewise, wage and hour violations occur far too frequently and in some instances, employees experience both of these hardships at the same time. For example, some people are denied overtime or not...
Disabled workers and employment law
In the workplace, those with disabilities often encounter various hurdles. If you have a disability, it is especially important to watch out for discrimination, which takes various forms and often affects people with disabilities. Moreover, some disabled workers are...
What happens after a wrongful termination?
If you were suddenly terminated without adequate explanation or you suspect retaliation or discrimination, you have the right to press charges against your employer in Texas. Mistreatment of this kind qualifies as wrongful termination and is punishable by law. While...
Nurse alleges retaliatory termination
Among the many federal and state laws that relate to employment, some focus on protecting the right of employees to expose illegal or unethical behaviors by their employer or other employees. Whistleblowing claims made by workers may pertain to allegations of...
How to establish a case of employment discrimination
Two types of employment discrimination exist: disparate treatment and disparate impact. The most common type, disparate treatment, occurs when an employee alleges discrimination that is intentional. The employee claims that some other coworker is treated...
What are the time limits for filing a charge of discrimination?
Every day, workers across the country are subjected to discrimination. Sometimes, people experience discrimination because of their racial background, religious views, sex or age. Discrimination makes life very hard for many victims and it is imperative for you to...

