On behalf of The Galo Law Firm P.C. | Oct 31, 2013 | Workplace Discrimination
An interesting disability discrimination lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. A man has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. after the employer reportedly fired him for refusing to take a urine test under observation. While asking...
On behalf of The Galo Law Firm P.C. | Oct 22, 2013 | ERISA
Many Texas pensioners can rest assured that their pensions are protected by federal law. The majority of private-sector retirement plans are governed by the federal Employment Retirement Security Act, under which employers have to honor their obligations to pension...
On behalf of The Galo Law Firm P.C. | Oct 14, 2013 | Sexual Harassment
Texas residents should not have to experience sexual harassment on the job. In fact, this was outlawed long ago, and employers that harass employees – or that allow employees to harass their co-workers – should be held responsible under the law....
On behalf of The Galo Law Firm P.C. | Oct 10, 2013 | Wrongful Termination
A federal jury has just awarded more than $450,000 in damages to a man with learning disabilities who was harassed, demoted and ultimately fired because of disability discrimination at a Kroger store in Plano and by Kroger executives. The 25-year-old man had graduated...
On behalf of The Galo Law Firm P.C. | Oct 3, 2013 | Sexual Harassment
As most people in San Antonio know, workplace sexual harassment is illegal. And, sexual harassment does not only include the inappropriate conduct of men directed at women, or the inappropriate conduct of women directed at men. Sexual harassment can also be commited...
