“Close timing between an employee’s protected activity and an adverse action against her may provide a sufficient causal connection necessary for a showing of retaliation.”

A&L Industrial Services Inc. v. Oatis, 2013 WL 5970933 at *14 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.], no pet.  November 7, 2013) (Huddle, Jennings, and Massengale, JJ.).