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Posted on September 23, 2018
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Eradicating sexual harassment in the workplace requires commitment from the upper echelons with the company, creation of clear anti-harassment policies, effective training, and consistent enforcement of such policies. If your company is committed to making a change, but not sure where to begin, the above recommendations provide a good starting check list for making such changes.
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Posted on July 16, 2018
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An employer may [] be responsible for the acts of non-employees, with respect to sexual harassment of employees in the workplace, where the employer (or its agents or supervisory employees) knows or should have known of the conduct and fails to take immediate and appropriate corrective action. In reviewing these cases the Commission will consider the extent of the employer’s control and any other legal responsibility which the employer may have with respect to the conduct of such non-employees.
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Category: Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: #metoo, #sexualharassment, customer sexual harassment, Dallas employment lawyer, sexual harassment training, Texas employment law, Texas Employment Lawyer
Posted on November 13, 2016
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued Antitrust Guidance for HR Professionals (“Guidance”) intended to alert professionals involved in hiring and compensation decisions to potential violations of the antitrust laws. This Guidance is the result of the infamous wage-fixing anti-poaching agreement among…
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Category: Non-Compete Agreements, Non-Solicitation AgreementsTags: Anti-Poaching Agreements, Dallas employment lawyer, DOJ and No-Poaching Agreements, HR Antitrust Guidance, HR Professionals, No-Poaching Agreements, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Non-Solicitation Agreements, Texas Employment Lawyer, Texas Non-Compete Agreements, Texas Non-Solicit Agreements
Posted on November 6, 2016
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The Fifth Circuit recently addressed an interesting issue – when a staffing agency’s client asks to replace an employee, does the staffing agency have a duty to investigate the reasons for the request? For example, if a staffing agency’s client calls and says we…
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Category: Age Discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Small Business Help, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal News, Wrongful TerminationTags: Age Discrimination, Dallas employment lawyer, defending age discrimination, адвокат по трудовому закону в техасе, joint employer and staffing agency, русский адвокат техас, русскоязычный адвокат в техасе, russian speaking lawyer texas, staffing agency discrimination claim, Staffing agency liability, Texas Employment Lawyer, Wrongful Termination in Texas
Posted on October 31, 2016
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The Fifth Circuit recently found in favor of the City of Austin for firing a disabled employee because he did not attempt to perform his new lighter-duty job in good faith. After the employee was injured on the job, the city offered him an administrative…
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Category: Disability Discrimination, EEOC, Employment Discrimination, Small Business Help, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Alcoholism as Disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, Dallas employment attorney, Dallas employment lawyer, Disability Discrimination, interactive process, Reasonable Accommodation, requesting accommodation at work, Wrongful Discharge in Texas, Wrongful Termination
Posted on September 26, 2016
by Leiza Dolghih
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In a move that suggests that Fox might be feeling the burn of Netflix competition, the network Goliath has recently sued the king of online streaming over hiring of its two programming executives. In the lawsuit, Fox claims that Netflix induced these employees to breach their employment agreements with Fox…
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Category: Employment Agreements in Texas, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Non-Solicitation Agreements in Texas, Temporary Injunctions, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: anti-poaching law, contract interference, Dallas business lawyer, Dallas employment lawyer, адвокат по трудовому закону в техасе, Injunctive Relief, interfering with employment relationship, Non-Compete Agreements, Non-compete law, русский адвокат техас, русскоязычный адвокат в техасе, poaching of employees, russian speaking lawyer texas, Temporary Injunction, Texas Non Compete Attorney, Texas non compete law, Unfair Competition
Posted on July 29, 2016
by Leiza Dolghih
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Generally, Texas allows non-compete agreements between employers and employees as long as they are reasonable in scope, geographic area, and term, and meet a few other requirements. See my previous posts about those requirements here, here, and here. Practically speaking, however, whether a particular non-compete agreement…
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Category: Breach of Contract, Employment Agreements in Texas, Law, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Non-Solicitation Agreements in Texas, Small Business Help, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Dallas employment lawyer, адвокат по трудовому закону в техасе, Enforcing Non-Compete in Texas, Enforcing noncompetition agreement in Texas, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Non-Compete Law in Texas, Noncompetition law in Texas, русский адвокат техас, русскоязычный адвокат в техасе, Reasonable restraints on competition, russian speaking lawyer texas, Texas employment law, Texas Employment Lawyer, Texas Non-Compete Agreements, unfair competition in Texas
Posted on July 20, 2016
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Whether a new business is preparing to hire its first employee or is revisiting its already-existing hiring procedures, making sure that the on-boarding process is done correctly and consistently will result in significant long-term benefits in terms of reducing stress associated with hiring new…
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Category: Confidentiality Agreements in Texas, Employment Agreements in Texas, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Non-Solicitation Agreements in Texas, Small Business Help, Texas Business Law, Texas Employment LawTags: Dallas employment lawyer, адвокат по трудовому закону в техасе, employment application forms, hiring first employee, Hiring forms for small businesses, Hiring in Texas, hiring new employees, Hiring procedures in Texas, русский адвокат техас, русскоязычный адвокат в техасе, personnel files in Texas, russian speaking lawyer texas, Small business guide, small business hiring guide, Texas employment forms, Texas employment law
Posted on July 10, 2016
by Leiza Dolghih
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which presides over Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, recently held that an employer could deny employee his severance benefits under an ERISA benefits plan because the employee erased certain files from his computer before returning the laptop to the…
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Category: Employment Agreements in Texas, Executive Compensation, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Dallas employment lawyer, адвокат по трудовому закону в техасе, employment release, negotiating severance benefits, русский адвокат техас, русскоязычный адвокат в техасе, russian speaking lawyer texas, severance agreement, severance benefits, termination agreement, Texas employment agreements
Posted on March 21, 2016
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When responding to an EEOC charge of discrimination, employers should always separate and clearly mark any trade secrets or confidential information included in the position statement to the EEOC. This is especially important in light of the EEOC’s new procedures that provide for the release of employers’ position…
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Category: EEOC, Texas Employment Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Dallas employment lawyer, Dallas Trade Secrets Attorney, Discrimination complaints, EEOC Charge, EEOC Investigation, EEOC Position Statements, Employer position statements, Employment Discrimination, Responding to EEOC Charge, Trade Secrets, Trade secrets attorney in Dallas
Posted on February 16, 2016
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Clients often want to know whether they have a winning case or a bullet-proof defense. Much of that, of course, depends on the law. But sometimes, an entire case may rise or fall on a credibility of a particular witness. A recent decision by the…
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Category: Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Small Business Help, Texas Business Law, Texas Legal NewsTags: Breach of fiduciary duty in Texas, Conversion in Texas, Dallas business lawyer, Dallas employment lawyer, employee theft, Employer Dispute, Employment dispute, Litigation in Texas, Texas Business Law, Texas theft claim, theft, trial strategies, unjust enrichment in Texas
Posted on January 27, 2016
by Leiza Dolghih
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While we patiently wait for a sequel to Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story to come out, a similar saga involving competing gym/spa establishments has been unfolding in Houston, Texas (minus the dodge ball tournament and shiny singlets) recently culminating in a lawsuit in the federal district court for…
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Category: Law, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Temporary Injunctions, Texas Business Law, Texas Legal News, Trade SecretsTags: breach of noncompete agreement, company email policy, Competing with former employer, Dallas business litigation attorney, Dallas employment lawyer, Enforcing non compete agreements, fitness industry legal advice, Non-Compete Agreements in Texas, Temporary injunction in Texas, tortious interference in Texas, unfair competition in Texas
