Category: Labor and Employment

​​Most Texas employers are now required to pay overtime to more salaried employees, thanks to the recent regulations update by the Department of Labor (DOL). Effective July 1, 2024, the DOL raised the minimum salary for exempting employees from overtime pay and created overtime eligibility for a much larger group of employees. The State of…

​​The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an important law that will significantly impact employees seeking to challenge their tips. In a recent decision in Restaurant Law Center and Texas Restaurant Association v. U.S. Department of Labor, the court overturned the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule regarding tipped employees. This means that employers…

​​For the first time in 25 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance on harassment in the workplace. The new information aims to consolidate harassment laws and increase protections for employees. With multiple changes in the last two decades to various laws governing the workplace, the new guidance removes outdated regulations and…

​​Senate Bill 240, now established as Texas’s Health and Safety Code Chapter 331, mandates that all healthcare facilities in Texas need to have a written workplace violence prevention plan by September 1, 2024. This means that all healthcare facilities in Texas are obligated to adopt and enforce a plan to prevent workplace violence and respond…

​​Employers prevailed in a momentous victory against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) when the NLRB’s decision to limit a company’s ability to implement and enforce dress code policy was reversed. Federal law is impactful and possesses the potential to provide balance to struggles between commercial corporations and the NLRB. Interpretations of the law resonate…