There are a lot of myths out there about employment law. From time to time, I talk about a few of those myths.
At will
“At will” employment means an employee can be fired for anything.” Texas is an at-will state. An employee can indeed be fired for a lot of things, but not for
So, documents have been released about Bowe Begddahl. Those documents shed light on the troubled young man. He tried to join the French Foreign Legion. He grew up in a regimented home. He was home schooled. He had limited contact with girls until he was 16 or 17. His father, not a veteran, but still
Some jobs just require too much of an employee. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.had some of its employees pose as animal rights protestors, so it could watch the activists and prevent harm of some sort. The corporation has ended the practice. The company would not say how many employees were sent on this undercover operation. People for
Our leave plaices are woefully inadequate compared to European countries. Europe offers at least 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. Germany and Sweden offer the last amount at 14 weeks. The United Kingdom offers 52 weeks, while Ireland offered 42 weeks of paid maternity leave. Here in the USA, we offer zero. Although, says the
I don’t get it, sometimes. People want to play “social engineering” with the veteran community. Yesterday, Sen. Ted Cruz announced his defense policy. One of his policy planks is to deny the military gluten-free meals. Gluten-free MRE’s are “politically correct,” the candidate urged. See Time News report.
The same day, National Public Radio has
A recurring question is what can an interviewer can ask in a job interview. Here are some things to consider…… or not.
1. How old are you? Be very careful about asking this question. There are very few jobs where age is an appropriate question for a job interview. If asked at the wrong time,
While we rush around searching for last minute Christmas presents and securing the last of the tamales, some few Americans are still fighting their wars. They fight their wars right here in San Antonio at the excellent Army hospital at Ft. Sam Houston. Gunnery Sergeant Eden Pearl was such a warrior. On a patrol in
Now, they want Bowe Bergdahl to face a general court martial. The investigating officer had recommended a special court-martial instead. The level of punishment is higher at the general court-martial level. The “convening authority” (i.e., the general responsible for the investigation) overruled his investigating officer. The general appointed the investigating officer, so normally, the general
There are some areas in which Texas does not want to be the national leader. But, Texas is the national leader in work place deaths. The state had 524 work place deaths in 2014. That was an increase from the 508 deaths in 2013. Texas has been the national leader in work place deaths 11
County Clerk Kim Davis has gone to jail rather than enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling that gay persons can marry. See CBS news report. She claims she is acting on her conscience. But, in my opinion, if she was following the dictates of her conscience, she would simply resign. Law enforcement officials face these