As the end of the year approaches, employers across Texas are bringing on extra help. Retailers, warehouses, delivery companies, and event venues hire thousands of temporary and seasonal workers to get through the holiday rush, many of them through staffing
Hispanic Heritage Month, observed September 15 to October 15, is a reminder that many of the protections employees rely on today. They were won by organizers, many of them Hispanic and Latino, who risked their jobs and safety to demand
When a new client sits across from me after losing a job they believe they were unlawfully denied or fired from, the conversation almost always turns to money — specifically, what they can recover in back pay and front pay.
hat that stack of paperwork really asks you to give up, and why it’s hard to take back.
Losing a job is one of the most stressful things that can happen. So, when your employer slides a severance agreement across
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees the right to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specific family and medical reasons. It’s one of the most widely used federal employment protections, but also one of the most misunderstood
Summary: The law separates the wages your employer cost you from the harm your employer did to you. The duty to mitigate has always applied to the first. In July 2026, the Fifth Circuit answered for the first time whether
Most people know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees and applicants who have disabilities. Fewer know it also protects people who don’t have a disability themselves but are closely connected to someone who does.
The ADA defines unlawful
If you work in health care in Texas, you have probably signed something with a radius in it. Maybe twenty-five miles. Maybe every location your employer operates. What the document says and what Texas law will let an employer actually
If you’ve started a new job in the last several years, there’s a good chance you signed an arbitration agreement without realizing it. It might have been buried in your onboarding paperwork, tucked into an employee handbook acknowledgment, or presented
One of the most common misconceptions employees have when they come to our office is this: “I wasn’t fired, so I probably don’t have a case.” That belief stops a lot of legitimate claims before they ever begin. The truth
