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- New Congress and Legislature, New Proposed Employment Laws
- The Return of Entrepreneurial Opportunity as a Hallmark of Independent Contractors
- Five Tips for More Effective Offer Letters
- The Use of Third-Party Background Checks – New Forms And Old Traps
- Can the FLSA’s White-Collar Exemptions Apply to Employees Paid on a Daily, Hourly, or Shift Basis?
- When the Government Shuts Down, So Does E-Verify
- In a Tight Labor Market, a Reminder: Most No-Poaching Agreements are Illegal, Some Could Land You in Jail
- Can Companies Require the Arbitration of Disputes Brought By a Vendor’s Workers?
- Jury in the Southern District of Texas Finds that Mud Engineers are Exempt from Overtime under the FLSA
- Department of Labor Clarifies the Compensability of Travel Time
Resources
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
– Generally: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm
– EEOC Charge Process: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/process.cfm
Americans with Disabilities Act
– Generally: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/disability.cfm
– EEOC Charge Process: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/process.cfm
– Enforcing Performance Standards: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/performance-conduct.html
– Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (EEOC Enforcement Guidance): http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html
Family Medical Leave Act
– Regulations: http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/Title_29/Part_825/toc.htm
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
– Generally: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/genetic.cfm
Payment of Employees in Texas
– FAQs about payment of employees: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/paydaylaw_faq.pdf
Texas Anti-Discrimination Laws (formerly Texas Commission on Human Rights Act)
– Generally: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/jsemp/jsempsubcrd.html
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (race, color, gender, pregnancy, national origin, religion, harassment)
– Generally: www.eeoc.gov
– EEOC Charge Process: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/process.cfm
Unemployment Benefits – Texas
– Appeals Policy and Precedent Manual: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/appl/app_manual.html
Wages, Salary, Overtime (FLSA)
– Regulations regarding exempt workers (professional, administrative, executive, outside sales, computer workers): http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=48d6ee3b99d3b3a97b1bf189e1757786&rgn=div5&view=text&node=29:3.1.1.1.22&idno=29