A covered employer is prohibited from discriminating or retaliating against an employee for exercising his rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

There is a difference between the at-will employment doctrine and the Texas Right to Work Act.

Any severance agreement your employer forces you to sign is unenforceable.

Before you sign a severance agreement offered by your employer, you should consider these five points.

Generally, employees do not have to be written up or warned prior to termination. This is a common misconception–especially here in Texas.

Simply put, Chapter 21 is the Texas version of major federal anti-discrimination laws, notably Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

In Texas, employment is presumed to be at-will unless there is an unambiguous agreement stating otherwise. Learn the basics of the at-will employment doctrine, including the limitations of its use by employers.

Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) so that veterans and applicants for service would suffer no detriment with reference to their service by having left their jobs. The USERRA also provides for reemployment rights.

Learn about the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a federal law which bans discrimination in wages, salaries, or commissions on the basis of sex.

Learn about the Texas CROWN Act, the new law taking effect September 1, 2023, which will ban discrimination against hair textures and styles historically associated with race.