Discriminating against workers and job applicants who are over the age of 40 on the basis of their age is illegal under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but nonetheless it has been suggested that this kind of discrimination is prevalent in the...
Workplace Discrimination
Texas employer settles pregnancy discrimination case
Women have long been a part of the American workforce, and their rights to do so have also long been protected by federal law. However, sex-based employment discrimination is more common than many people are aware. Last year alone, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Former Texas Frito-Lay worker sues company for age discrimination
Texas residents are protected from experiencing age discrimination on the job by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This law prohibits employers from discriminating against workers who are 40 or older. This means that employers cannot legally treat an employee...
Study says pregnant workers face discrimination frequently
As we have discussed several times in this San Antonio Employment Law Blog, employers cannot legally fire or refuse to hire an employee because she is pregnant. In a number of cases, employers might even be required to make reasonable accommodations for a worker due...
Supreme Court review of Texas employment law case favors employer
Back in January, we discussed an employment law dispute that began here in Texas and made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. That case involved a doctor who accused the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center of retaliating against him after he filed a...
In Texas, Exxon Mobil under scrutiny for discrimination
Under federal law it is illegal for employers to discriminate against workers on the basis of a number of things: race, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, age and disability. Sexual orientation, however, is not a protected status. Twenty-one states have banned...
EEOC files another genetic information discrimination lawsuit
Most San Antonio residents know that employers cannot legally discriminate against them on the basis of their race, nationality, gender, disability or religion, among a few other things. There are other areas of antidiscrimination law, however, with which many Texas...
Texas disability case may spur changes to federal wage laws
Many San Antonio residents heard the news this week that a former Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million for violating the rights of intellectually disabled employees. Henry's Turkey Service was sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Texas-based J.C. Penney sued for discrimination in hiring
We have discussed pregnancy discrimination quite a bit lately in this San Antonio Employment Law blog. It is almost difficult to stay away from the topic as allegations of pregnancy discrimination have been reported very often in the news in recent weeks....
Some states ban criminal history discrimination in employment
Those in the San Antonio area who have any type of criminal history likely know how difficult it can be to obtain employment. Many employers in Texas have checkboxes on their job applications that ask applicants to declare whether or not they have ever been convicted...