Employment Law

The following is fully attributed to +Rick Norman for  the excellent outline of the legal issues of properly conducting background check of prospective employees. An employer who hires [...]

I recently  read  an article by Maxine Neuhauser that I thought you would be interested. At will employment disclaimers in employee handbooks are the norm, but recent decision by [...]

I recently posted information on Linked In about the EEOC strategy to pursue claims against  employers using a blanket approach to background checks of criminal history and credit [...]

Like in most other states, under Texas Law, the difference between an independent contractor an employee generally boils down to the right to control the work done by the person. The Texas [...]

The short answer: maybe. There’s no harm in trying. Recently, I read a very interesting article in the Transportation Law Journal by Aubrey Holloway about this issue of  a federal law [...]

Suppose you have a scenario where an employee injures a patron under circumstances  in which: 1. the employee’s shift had ended and she had clocked out. 2. the employee’s [...]