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Under both Texas law and federal law, employees have the right to work in workplaces free of discrimination on the basis of a number of things. They include race, sex, religion, pregnancy, nationality, disability and other classifications. Not only does the law stop...
Most often when people think of workplace discrimination, they might imagine the victims to be of racial or other minority groups. However, this is not always the case as people who identify with majority groups are sometimes discriminated against as well. Title VI of...
As 2012 comes to a close, it is unfortunate to say that in this modern day sexual harassment still exists in workplaces here in San Antonio. While sexual harassment is illegal and victims may have more options to hold their employers accountable than they did in the...
Despite the fact that the Equal Pay Act was enacted almost 50 years ago, this country still has a ways to go when it comes to ensuring equal pay for equal work. This is made obvious by the fact that Texas state agencies settled a federal wage discrimination lawsuit...
If you are going to be one of San Antonio's Black Friday shoppers next week you may want to think twice about heading to Walmart--that is, unless you won't mind crossing a picket line. Walmart workers across the country, including here in Texas, are planning a walkout...
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, alleging that she was retaliated against and ultimately fired for filing sexual harassment complaints about a fellow employee. In her employment records, the woman's former employer claims that she refused...
The digital age has rapidly ushered in a complicated array of employment law questions. Do hiring managers have a right to judge job applicants based on their Facebook profiles? Can they go so far as to ask applicants for their social media passwords? Can workers be...
Ever since a senior vice president of Halliburton Co. was arrested on a prostitution charge last week, many people have been speculating about what the arrest means for his future with the Texas oilfield services company. Texas is an at-will employment state, which...
When people hear about a sexual harassment case, they often assume that a woman is making a complaint about being harassed by a man. However, sometimes it is a man who was harassed. Sexual harassment happens to both genders and is committed by both genders, and...
Many people here in San Antonio probably remember reading news reports last spring about a hospital in Victoria, Texas, banning obese people from employment. At the time, the hospital said it made the decision because it is a health care facility and its employees...
