Texas Employment Law

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This new edition of Texas Employment Law updates the governing law on a broad range of substantive topics and includes new forms and appendices to help you work more efficiently. The highlights include:

Thoroughly revised and updated chapters, bringing you current on the law governing:

• Sex Discrimination (Ch. 19)
• Sexual Harassment (Ch. 20)
• Race Discrimination (Ch. 22)
• Age Discrimination (Ch. 23)
• Retaliation (Ch. 26)
• Whistleblower Protection Under Sarbanes-Oxley (Ch. 33)
• Texas Whistleblower Act (Ch. 34)

Expanded coverage of these issues:

Immigration-Related Employment Practices (Ch. 7)

• Statute of limitations for timeliness failures re Form I-9
• ICE worksite enforcement actions

Wages, Hours and Overtime (Ch. 9)

• Damages for emotional injury resulting from retaliation in violation of FLSA
• Issues re: workers who maintain irregular hours

Employment Rules and Policies (Ch. 16)

• Why Texas courts refuse to recognize a claim for “negligent investigation”
• What constitutes “concerted activity” according to the NLRB and Fifth Circuit

TCHRA: Procedures and Remedies (Ch. 18)

• When EEOC’s authority to investigate terminates
• Best practice re: pleading a request for attorney’s fees

Disability Discrimination (Ch. 21)

• Work-site attendance as an “essential function” of the job
• Accommodation process — burdens/responsibilities of employer and employee

Discrimination Based on National Origin, Religion, and Other Grounds (Ch. 24)

• When is a “permissive pretext” instruction appropriate?
• Viability of a claim for retaliatory hostile environment

Family and Medical Leave Act (Ch. 25)

• Eligibility for FMLA leave: H1-b foreign nationals; off-site employees
• Whether a chiropractor can be considered a “health care provider”

 New Forms and Appendices, including:

• Original Petition – Libel and Slander (in connection with termination of employment)
• Defendant’s Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint – ADA
• First Set of Interrogatories to Plaintiff – ADA Failure to Hire Case
• Response To Defendants’ Emergency Motion For Issuance of Letter Rogatory
• Motion for Summary Judgment – FMLA Case; Plaintiff’s Response; Order Denying Motion

Additional forms materials are available from James Publishing; access to those materials can be requested directly from James by following guidelines provided within the eBook or emailing forms@jamespublishing.com.

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