The federal law that protects employees from unfair pay practices is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires employers to pay their employees at least the federal minimum wage (which as of today is $7.25 per hour) and overtime pay (equal to 1.5x the employee’s regular hourly rate) for all hours worked over […]
While it can oftentimes be discounted as a workplace problem of the past, it is still all too common for employees to be subjected to sexual harassment at work. Between 2010 and 2013, the EEOC received between 7,000 and 8,000 Charges of Discrimination each year; more than 30,000 over a four year period. And while the […]
Our firm has represented hundreds of individuals in filing Charges of Discrimination with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Recently, we received a call from someone who had suffered from ongoing sexual harassment throughout her employment. After repeatedly denying the advances of her supervisor and complaining to Human Resources, she […]
A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict against Trinity Industries and awarded the plaintiff $175 million in damages. The Case The plaintiff, a competitor of Trinity Industries, brought the case as a whistleblower under the False Claims Act alleging that Trinity Industries (a guardrail manufacturer) had […]
By Kirk Bohls and Suzanne Halliburton, Austin American Statesman Staff AP Photo/Statesman.com, Ralph Barrera Former Texas women’s track coach Beverly Kearney filed a $1 million lawsuit in state district court today alleging the school discriminated and retaliated against her based on gender and race. The lawsuit filing was provided to the American-Statesman this morning. Derek Howard, Kearney’s lawyer, now […]
