In Texas, there is no requirement that an employer give a terminated employee the reason why he/she is being terminated.  Texas is an at-will state, which means an employee can be fired for any or no reason.  However, common sense tells us that no one takes an action, like firing an employee, without some reason.  The employer is… Read More

If you have been on FMLA  leave for 12 weeks and you are not able to return because of your illness, is there anything you can do?  The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives employees, who have worked at least a year for an employer of a company larger than 50 employees, and who are… Read More

“But I was hurt on the job, I’m off on worker’s compensation and I’m under a doctor’s care; how could I have been fired?” I hear different forms of this from people all the time. There is a legend that you can’t legally be fired while off work under doctor’s care. Although there are some… Read More

Title VII is one of the methods to get past the wall of  “employment at will”  and refers to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is the federal law that protects employees from being discriminated against or discharged because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.  Texas law has a mirror statute called… Read More

Welcome to the new Texas Employee Rights Blog.  As a practicing Texas attorney, it is my goal   to use this blog as a tool to inform Texas employees of their legal rights and to discuss matters of interest to other attorneys who labor in this field of law.  Texas employees have a hard battle as they continually encounter… Read More