In New Mexico at-will employment is still alive and well. In Melnick v. State Farm the Court stated that "Employers are entitled to be motivated by and to serve their ow...
New Mexico follows the at-will employment doctrine that states that absent a contract, your employer can fire you for any reason that is not an illegal reason or against public policy. T...
In Texas you can record someone without their knowledge as long as you are part of the conversation. But there is no leaving hour cell phone in a room and leaving so you can hear or reco...
I have a lot of clients in Texas that come see me when they are severely injured at work asking if they can sue their employer for the injuries they receive. Texas is unique in that it ...
Do older women face more discrimination than younger women and can older women sue for sex discrimination when a younger woman is treated better?
This is down as "sex plus age" discri...
Recently a Federal District Judge in Texas held that in this case, the woman stated in a deposition that she knew similarly situated men earned “more” than her. She did not know their ex...
Davenport v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., 891 F.3d 162 (5th Cir. 2018) the 5th Court held that trying to PIMP out a female employee was not a tangible benefit lost by the femal...
Gonzales v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 12646 (5th Cir. 2018) (unpublished). The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals states that if your supervisors tells you that you rem...
Employees subject to certain Department of Transportation standards under the Motor Carrier Act are exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirements, but the exemption depends on detail...
Alamo Heights Independent School District v. Clark, 544 S.W.3d 755 (Tex. 2018) The Texas Supreme Court stated that harassment is illegal “discrimination” only if it is “because of”...
The highest criminal court in Texas (equal to the Texas Supreme Court -- The Court of Criminal Appeals); held that it was a felony for a parent to get her child to sneak into a locker ro...
Non-Subscribers—Tort Liability for Work-Related Accidents—Failure to Provide Necessary Instrumentalities—Employee Knowledge of Risk—Advance Tire and Wheels, LLC v. Enshikar, 527 S.W.3d 4...
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