Houston Employment Law Blog
Wrongful termination in New Mexico hospital case
While a company can let go employees for a variety of reasons, the business must abide by a certain level of fairness. Wrongful termination lawsuits argue that a company fired an employee for unjust and illegal reasons. These cases happen across a variety of...
What are red flags in an employment contract?
An employment contract can be a good thing that provides you with job stability. It also ensures that you understand the job expectations and duties. However, employment contracts can also be harmful depending on the conditions and terms contained within. Business...
What are the required elements of a NDA?
Non-disclosure agreements are common in business. They seek to ensure that when a company hires you that you cannot share the information you learn about it. It helps keep business competitive and safeguard business processes, procedures and secrets. According to the...
Offensive comments and other examples of sexual harassment
Many people recognize that it is against the law for a supervisor to grope an employee or request sexual favors. However, there are other examples of sexual harassment that not only create an uncomfortable environment in the workplace and cause victims to suffer...
Could a non-compete agreement limit your career options?
There are certain types of jobs that involve working with or coming into contact with private or proprietary information. In many cases, it is this information that offers the company a competitive advantage, and for this reason, they want to protect these intangible...
NFL team faces sexual harassment allegations
NFL fans in Texas may be interested to learn that the Washington Football Team, formerly called the Redskins, has found itself at the center of another controversy. According to recent media reports, 15 women have come forward to accuse team employees of sexual...
How to report wage violations
The Texas Payday Law administered by the Texas Workforce Commission supports workers in the state who seek to recover unpaid wages. In many cases, wage disputes can be settled between an employer and an employee with a conversation. TWC suggests an employee who thinks...
Wrongful termination qualifiers according to HR professionals
There are times when bad economic times hit some companies in Texas particularly hard, so they have to lay off some employees. Then, there are times when the termination is unlawful. According to human resources professionals, here are some firings that qualify as...
Civil Rights Commission report about sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is a prevalent problem in private and public workplaces in Texas. A recent report by the Civil Rights Commission evaluated the problem of sexual harassment in federal workplaces. The Civil Rights Commission found that one out of every seven federal...
Combating subtle sexism in the workplace
Sexism in the workplace isn’t usually as overt today as it was in past decades, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. Today, less than half of working women feel they are treated equally to their male counterparts. From getting interrupted in meetings to a male...
