What Constitutes Sexual Harassment in the Workplace? While recent social movements have empowered both women and men alike to break their silence and come forward with their stories of sexual harassment, this kind of harassment is unfortunately an all-too-common occurrence in the workplace. A survey by Stop Street Harassment in 2018 showed that 81% of women […]
How do I prove Wrongful Termination in Texas? Because Texas is an “employment at-will” state, an employer can fire an employee at any time for any lawful reason. Any lawful reason for termination may include a bad reason or no reason at all. However, if an employer fires an employee for an unlawful reason, this […]
What are the Overtime Laws in Texas? Overtime pay in Texas follows the federal law of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 201. The FLSA and state law of the Texas Payday Act (codified at Chapter 61 of the Texas Labor Code) require that employers pay covered, non-exempt employees […]
What is an “At-Will” Employment State? Since 1888, Texas has been an at-will employment state. As an at-will state, employment in Texas may be terminated by an employer or an employee for a good reason, a bad reason, or simply no reason at all, absent a specific agreement to the contrary. However, termination by […]
Texas Overtime Eligibility Overtime in Texas applies to each employee who is subject to overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), the federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments. Overtime pay at […]