Archives: Employment Law

Texas Unemployment Benefits Under CARES Act

By Cris Feldman on April 29, 2020 Posted in Employment Law, Litigation

Following the outbreak of the new coronavirus or COVID-19, many across the ...

Coronavirus Legal News Briefing — April 29, 2020

By Amy Starnes on April 29, 2020 Posted in Access to Justice, Bar Exam, Courts, COVID-19, Employment Law, Immigration, Labor Law, Mediation, Technology, Texas Bar Blog, Texas Supreme Court

Editor’s Note: The State Bar of Texas is providing this collection of important links, blog posts, and media stories to keep its members and the public informed of the latest news and resources related to the novel coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the legal community. Important links State Bar of Texas Coronavirus Legal Resources...… Continue Reading

Mediating in the Wake of COVID-19

By MehaffyWeber on April 28, 2020 Posted in ADR, Appellate, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Estate, Family Law, Intellectual Property, Labor Law, Mediation, Probate, Real Estate Law, Trust

One of the consequences of the current pandemic is a change in how we ...

Manager’s Guide to Discrimination in the Workplace

By Brett Holubeck on April 27, 2020 Posted in ADA, Discrimination, Employment Law, Labor Law

Discrimination in the workplace is not something that ended in the 1960’s with ...

Three Ways COVID-19 Is Changing How We Will Work In The Future

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on April 24, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law

Telecommuting. When stay-at-home orders are lifted, many businesses may question ...

EEOC Authorizes Testing of Employees for COVID-19

By Thomas J. McGoey II and Kindall C. James on April 23, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law

The EEOC cautioned, however, that “employers should ensure that the tests are accurate ...

EMPLOYMENT and COVID-19: Do employers have a duty to protect their workers from getting Covid-19?

By Alex Hernandez on April 16, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law

Employers have the following CDC guidelines for practices prior to and during their work ...

When Do Employers Enforce Non-Compete Agreements?

By Leiza Dolghih on April 13, 2020 Posted in Employment Law, Non-Compete

Many companies in Texas have non-competition agreements with their ...

Whistleblower Liability for Employee Safety Complaints During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on April 9, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law, Whistleblower

Employees who complain about safety measures to protect employees from ...

COVID-19 Texas Employer Guide – Are Non-Compete Agreements Still Enforceable?

By Leiza Dolghih on April 8, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law, Non-Compete

Texas employers who have employees in other states or who are hiring employees ...

Remote Work and COVID-19

By Brett Holubeck on April 8, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law

To manage employees properly, you must set clear expectations. For some employees ...

Employers and Hiring Managers Beware: The Sixth Circuit Reminds Us That Preselection Decisions May Cast Doubt On Hiring Process and Selection Criteria

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on April 8, 2020 Posted in Discrimination, EEOC, Employment Law

The plaintiff had worked for Detroit Public Schools (DPS) for ten years, most recently ...

Documentation Required for Tax Credits for FFCRA Leave

By Brett Holubeck on April 1, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law, Labor Law

An employer can show eligibility “for the sick leave or family leave credits if the ...

Preliminary Injunction Blocks Dallas Paid Sick Time Ordinance

By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on March 31, 2020 Posted in Employment Law

The court’s reasoning was similar to that used by the Texas Third Court of Appeals ...

COVID 19 Texas Employer Guide – Checking Employees’ Temperature At Work

By Leiza Dolghih on March 24, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law

EEOC states that in light of COVID-19, employers can check employees' ...

Keep Trade Secret Protections Top Of Mind While You Deploy Remote Working

By William F. Dugan on March 23, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, Employment Law, Trade Secrets

Companies are permitting (or requiring) employees to work remotely right now in ...

What Is Past Is Prologue: The Ninth Circuit Again Rules That Prior Salary Cannot Justify Pay Differences

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on March 17, 2020 Posted in Employment Law

The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a decision in Rizo v. Yovino, holding the prior ...

Independent Contractor or Employee

By Brett Holubeck on February 27, 2020 Posted in Employment Law, Labor Law

Why you need to classify employees correctly. It is expensive to get the answer wrong ...

Artificial Intelligence is Starting to Shape the Future of the Workplace

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on February 26, 2020 Posted in AI, Employment Law, Twitter

As companies face increasing competition for the best talent within the marketplace ...

No Non-Compete? Not Necessarily “No Problem”

By Robyn Balaban on February 20, 2020 Posted in Employment Law

Non-competes have been and should remain a key focus in hiring decisions. When ...

Negotiating a Collective Bargaining Agreement

By Brett Holubeck on February 14, 2020 Posted in Employment Law, Labor Law, NLRA, NLRB

In a past post, I discussed how to respond to union organizing. But what happens ...

Ask, or You Shall Not Receive: 5th Circuit Nixes Accommodation Claim for Employee’s Failure to Ask for an Accommodation

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on February 13, 2020 Posted in Employment Law

Recently, when affirming summary judgment to the employer in a disability ...

New Overtime and Wage Rules for 2020 Every Employer Needs to Know

By Keith Clouse on February 12, 2020 Posted in Employment Law, FLSA, Labor Law

In the last quarter of 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued ...

New DOL Rules Regarding Tips and Joint Employment Face Uncertainty In Courts

By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on February 3, 2020 Posted in Employment Law

The FLSA which governs minimum wage, overtime pay, equal pay and child labor ...