As an unemployment insurance attorney in El Paso, Texas I have many clients who are fired, terminated or laid-off and are forced to apply for Texas Unemployment benefits from the Texas W...
If I quit my job can I still get Texas unemployment?
The scenario is always the same; your employer tells you things are not working out and that it would be better if you resign inst...
If your company does not carry Texas Workers' Compensation but has its own occupational injury plan to cover work injuries then that plan is covered by the Employment Retirement Insuran...
The situation is always the same. A client comes to see me and says "I was hurt at work; I just received a letter from my employers’ insurance company and they say that my benefits are...
EMPLOYERS MUST:
Notify the State they do or do not have coverage
Notify the State when they terminate coverage
Post notices, with exact wording, in the work place
Notify new ...
Ever heard of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act?
Well you should. A Federal Jury awarded an employee 2.25 million dollars for a violation of the Act. GINA prohibits discr...
Nurses and nursing assistants suffer more debilitating lifting injuries than any other occupation, and those injuries are caused mainly by moving and lifting patients. We often see nursi...
Do you work for a nursing home, hospital or some other medical facility? If you do the odds are that your employer does not carry Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance. They probably h...
Update: The US Supreme Court reverses the below decision and holds that Abercrombie & Fitch's refusal to hire Muslim woman who wears a headscarve is a violation of Title VII re...
In the case of Graziosi v. City of Greenville Mississippi, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 370 (5th Cir. 2015 the 5th Cir held that a city police sergeant was not protected from retaliat...
In a prior post I have written about the fact that many workers in El Paso, Texas work for employers who do not carry Texas workers' compensation but have their own self insured work inj...
Workers' compensation is a state-regulated insurance system that is suposed to ensure that medical bills and some lost wages are paid for employees injured on the job. Texas does no...
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