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Hilda Gonzalez Garza, an Assistant District Attorney in Starr County told her boss she intended to run for the local elected school board. Her boss, D.A. Victor Canales apparently opposed her candidacy. The D.A. fired the assistant with no warning a couple of days later. Ms. Garza later filed suit under Sec. 1983 alleging infringement…

Are college football players employees? The NLRB, at least on the regional level, said yes. See my prior post regarding that ruling here. In a similar case, one former college basketball player, Ed O’Bannon, sued the NCAA for using his name and image in marketing. The NCAA has long used the names and images…

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…

The Texas worker’s compensation system has been broken for many years, ever since the state passed a pack full of so-called reforms in the late 1980’s. Now, we learn that Texas Mutual Insurance Company, one of the largest providers of worker’s compensation insurance in the state, has a sweetheart deal with the Travis County District…

San Antonio based restaurant China Sea, agreed to pay $504,577 to 82 former workers for minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping violations. China Sea used two sets of books, one real, one not so real. Some kitchen workers were paid a salary that did not equate to minimum wage. And some workers worked 60 hours per…

According to Donald Trump, many Mexican immigrants are rapists. He defended his comments later. See Business insider report. They also bring drugs and crime. But, some, he says, are good people. All I can say his experience with Mexican immigrants is far different than mine.

Surprisingly, Sen. Ted Cruz supported Mr. Trump in making…

President Obama announced that the administration will change regulations to allow overtime pay for managers who make up to $970 per week. The current level is $455 per week, which makes the overtime regulation largely meaningless. Indeed, this regulation has lost much of its effectiveness since 1975, when it applied to 65% of management. Now,…

The result is not so surprising but how the Supreme Court got there is a little surprising. In the case of EEOC v. Abercrombie, No. 14-86 (6/1/2015) the Court rejected the lower court decision and found the employer should have accommodated the applicant. The applicant, Samanatha Elauf, applied for a position. She was a…

Well, the Texas Legislature pulled back from the edge of the precipice. The state legislature came very close to reducing Hazlewood Act benefits for Texas veterans and their children. I previously wrote about that effort to reduce benefits here and here. The Hazlewood Act allows veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to attend…

Every victim of discrimination experiences what Juan Alonzo-Miranda experienced. After he requested the use of a service dog at work, his employer treated him like the “enemy.” Instead of helping him become a better worker, the employer treated him like the enemy. Crying at times, he described his ordeal in trying to satisfy the employer’s…