One Texas city is finally making progress in salary negotiations for their police department. The San Angelo Police Department has spent nine long months negotiating salaries to bring their officers up to their set benchmarks. Thursday, the San Angelo Coalition of...
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Military contractor part of wrongful termination case in Texas
When you have a job, you want to feel secure and to know that if you see a problem, you can talk about it. Finding out that you may not be safe in your position since you filed a report on safety dangers or other workplace issues is a problem. Facing a wrongful...
Woman from Texas claims she was fired for reporting harassment
In Texas, if you're harassed at work, there are protective laws that you can fall back on to help you get out of a bad situation. If it's a volatile workplace, there may be steps you can take to fight the harassment, to make your job more pleasant and to go to work...
Wrongful termination claim to head to court in Texas
A wrongful termination can quickly make any time in your life sour. Besides losing employment, you may face rumors, a poor reputation or other unwanted side effects due to your termination. If you've had trouble at work in San Antonio and want to file a wrongful...
Woman claims workplace discrimination led to termination in Texas
In this case, a woman is claiming that she was fired from her job unlawfully. If you've gone through this kind of struggle, then you know that it can be hard to seek the justice you deserve. If you've been unlawfully terminated, discriminated against or harassed at...
Texas police chief accused of covering up sexual harassment
Cases of sexual harassment are often a case of "he said, she said," which makes it difficult to determine the truth. Those in charge must still take action or risk a backlash of public option, as one Texas police chief is going through right now. A female recruit in a...
Discrimination verdict forces Microsoft to pay in Texas
When you're hard at work, the last thing you want is to be fired due to your race, gender, or relationships. Sometimes, these situations can be seen as wrongful termination, and if yours is, you may be able to seek compensation for the wrongful dismissal from your...
Discrimination in Texas leads to $55,000 payment
An African-American man who worked for a food processing company in Texas was allegedly subjected to abuse that was both racial and sexual in nature. He claimed that other people who he worked with would use derogatory names if they were talking to him. He also...
Texas substitute teacher suspended due to gender issues
A 52-year-old woman has recently been reinstated as a substitute teacher after a Texas school district stopped giving her assignments because she is transgender. The woman had been substitute teaching as a way of paying her bills since losing her job as an airplane...
Texas receives unwanted discrimination title
There is an inordinate amount of training and education conducted across the country each year about various aspects of discrimination and its consequences. Despite these efforts, workplace discrimination continues to be problematic across the corporate landscape. It...