A Resource for Texas Employers
The Supreme Court of Texas has agreed to hear argument in two employment cases.
In Prairie View A&M University v. Diljit K. Chatha, (No. 10-353) the Court agreed to consider whether the 180-day statute of limitations for a government employee’s complaint about discriminatory pay begins from the date of the first paycheck reflecting the decision or the…
In another example of social media exposing an employee’s lack of judgment, the Washington Post reports that an Indiana assistant attorney general was discharged for tweeting that police should "use live ammunition" when clearing protesters outside the Wisconsin state capital.
Social media doesn’t cause employee lapses in judgment; it merely exposes them. Perhaps the best Social…
If I had a dollar for every time I reminded a client that "no good deed goes unpunished," my childrens’ college funds would be flush and I’d be planning to retire early. The recent case of Terwilliger v. Howard Mem. Hosp. (W.D. Ark. 1/27/2011) reminds us that employees will often attempt to ensure that "no good…
The following employment-related bills were enrolled for consideration in the Texas Legislature over the past two weeks.
HB 1178 (Flynn) (Relating to employment protection for members of the state military forces).
HB 1219 (Miles) (Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee and/or the employee’s child is the victim…
