The 5th Cir. Federal Court of Appeals upheld a longstanding rule that employers cannot prohibit their employees from from discussing their wages with each other. This has been an l...
Roger Davie named by Texas Monthly Magazine as an El Paso Outstanding Employment Lawyer for 2014. This was awarded in the October issue of the Texas Monthly Magazine. Roger D...
In El Paso, Texas I have many pregnant clients who are put on light duty by their doctors. The question is always "does my employer have to give me light duty if I have a doctor's ...
Below is a recent newspaper article regarding the new protections that will protect Gay, transgender workers from work discrimination in El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. &...
Candidates for governor differ on the need for reform
A number of recent articles in the media are putting the spotlight on Texas’ unique workers' compensation system, according ...
The article below from the Associated Press' Nedra Pickler about Obama signing an executive order protecting Federal workers and Federal Contractors makes me believe that eventually...
This last week marked 60 years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 now known as Title VII that protects employees from discrimination on the basis of Race Color Sex National Origin and Relig...
The Texas Tribune had a recent article on the current status of Workers' Compensation laws in Texas. Among the findings was that Insurance companies dispute injured workers claims in wh...
The U.S. Supreme Court in Burwell v Hobby Lobby, ruled that closely held corporations have religious freedom. The opinions indicates that to get those freedoms the corporation must be o...
The American Bar Association has announced that lawyers can search social media such as Facebook for information about potential jurors. So the next time you are summoned for a jury in ...
This has been an interesting issue for some time. The Fair Labor Standards Act sets rules for the payment of minimum wage and overtime. But a volunteer gets no pay. What are the rules?...
The law in Texas is clear that if an employer has Texas Workers' Compensation then an employee cannot sue the employer for actual damages (lost wages, mental anguish) even if the employer or...
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