June 6, 2013Employment Law Terminating an employee for use of a breast pump violates Title VII says 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Employment Opportunity Commission v. Houston Funding II Ltd, et al., No. 12-20220 (5th Cir. May 30, 2013). This is a sex discrimination […]
June 1, 2013Employment Law Female officer’s retaliation and discrimination claims permitted to go forward against Louisiana State University. Haire v. Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, No. 12-30290 (5th Cir. May 21, 2013) This is a gender discrimination case […]
May 22, 2013Employment Law, Whistleblower PD Commander’s Whistleblower Act claim revitalized by 14th Court of Appeals. Gray v City of Galveston, NO. 14-12-00183-CV, (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] May 21, 2013). This is a Texas Whistleblower Act […]
May 1, 2013Employment Law, Litigation Trial court without jurisdiction over hearing examiner under CBA City of Beaumont v Beaumont Professional Firefighters Local 399, NO. 14-12-00059-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] April 30, 2013) This is […]
May 1, 2013Constitutional Challenge, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Employment Law, Litigation, Sovereign Immunity Professor loses in federal court due to pleading deficencies Raj v Louisiana State University, et al, No. 12-30225, (5th Cir. April 19, 2013). Rai was a professor of biochemistry and obstetrics […]
April 25, 2013Employment Law Shift swaps not necessarily “reasonable accommodation” for religious conflicts in schedule Antoine v. First Student, Inc., No. 11-31126, 2013 WL 1457528, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 7273 (5th Cir. Apr. 10, 2013). This is […]
April 6, 2013Employment Law [Appellate Update] Tx Sup. Ct holds no right to union rep during internal interview of firefighter THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK v. RODRIGUEZ; No. 10-0666, (Tex. April 5, 2013) In a 6-3 decision, the Court holds that unionized […]
April 6, 2013Employment Law, Litigation “Mailbox Rule” does not apply to TWC right-to-sue deadline. Gutierrez v B&B Landfill, NO. 10-12-00219-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Waco, April 4, 2013). This is an employment discrimination lawsuit where the […]
February 22, 2013Employment Law, Whistleblower Texas Supreme Ct. Holds Whistlblowers’ Reports to Supervisors Insufficent UT South Western v Gentilello, NO. 10-0582, ____S.W.3d____ (Tex. February 22, 2013) This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the question […]