Under federal law it is illegal for employers to discriminate against workers on the basis of a number of things: race, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, age and disability. Sexual orientation, however, is not a protected status. Twenty-one states have banned sexual orientation discrimination,…

Most San Antonio residents know that employers cannot legally discriminate against them on the basis of their race, nationality, gender, disability or religion, among a few other things. There are other areas of antidiscrimination law, however, with which many Texas residents may be less…

Many San Antonio residents heard the news this week that a former Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million for violating the rights of intellectually disabled employees. Henry’s Turkey Service was sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission several years ago…

We have discussed pregnancy discrimination quite a bit lately in this San Antonio Employment Law blog. It is almost difficult to stay away from the topic as allegations of pregnancy discrimination have been reported very often in the news in recent weeks. Unfortunately, it…

Those in the San Antonio area who have any type of criminal history likely know how difficult it can be to obtain employment. Many employers in Texas have checkboxes on their job applications that ask applicants to declare whether or not they have ever…