In today’s Supreme Court of Texas orders, the Court held that the State of Texas (including its political subdivisions such as counties) is immune from worker’s compensation retaliation suits. You can read a full copy of the Court’s opinion in Travis Central Appraisal District v. Norman here.
April 2011
Oral Complaints of Wage and Hour Violations Sufficient to Provide Protection from Retaliation
By Russell Cawyer on
The Fair Labor Standards Act is the federal law that requires most employers to pay a minimum wage and overtime. The FLSA also includes an anti-retaliation provision that prohibits an employer from discharging any employee who has "filed a complaint" under the FLSA because of that complaint. The issue at the high court in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain…