You might know that workplace retaliation is illegal in Texas, but many people, including employers, are not sure of what constitutes retaliation under the law. In fact, there are multiple state and federal laws that protect employees from retaliation in the...
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The Advantage of Knowing Both Employee and Employer Sides of Labor Disputes
If you're dealing with an employment law dispute of any kind, whether on the state or federal level, it is important to choose your lawyer carefully. You need someone who knows employment law from both sides -- the employee and the employer. An attorney with this...
How can you tell if you were wrongfully terminated in Texas?
Have you been laid off or fired in Texas? Do you feel like the circumstances were inappropriate? If they really were, you may be able to get your job back or seek compensation for the trouble you've been put through due to your wrongful termination. If your firing was...
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...
Principal fired and claims wrongful termination in Texas
If you've been fired from your job, then the last thing you want to consider is the fact that you may have been fired unfairly. In this wrongful termination lawsuit, that's exactly what one man claimed happened. Now, the ex-Fort Worth, Texas, assistant principal has...
Jury: Plano Kroger illegally terminated man with special needs
A federal jury has just awarded more than $450,000 in damages to a man with learning disabilities who was harassed, demoted and ultimately fired because of disability discrimination at a Kroger store in Plano and by Kroger executives. The 25-year-old man had graduated...
Supreme Court justices seem split on Texas discrimination case
Back in January we discussed a Texas employment law case that was going to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court heard the case this week, and it appears that they--like the lower courts here in Texas--will have a difficult time making a decision. They...
Restaurant fired worker who complained about racist customers
Most people in San Antonio know that it is illegal for their employers to discriminate against them or harass them. But, what about when a customer or client harasses you at work? Is your employer obligated to do anything about that? Under Title VII of the Civil...
EEOC continues receiving high amount of discrimination complaints
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced this week that it received 99,412 employment discrimination complaints in 2012. While this number sounds very large, it is actually a slight decrease from the number of complaints fielded in 2011. However, the...
Texas trucker files racial discrimination lawsuit
Last week we discussed the case of a man in Texas who claimed his employer cost him a job because he complained about being discriminated against. This week, we have learned of another case in which a worker allegedly lost his job for complaining about discrimination....