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Should workers be paid for time spent putting on safety gear?

Galo Law Firm
November 8, 2013
Employment Contracts

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently mulling over a very important employment law decision that could affect the paychecks of many people in Texas. The court has been asked to decide whether workers who wear certain types of protextive gear on the job should…

Texas man sues Goodyear Tire for disability discrimination

Galo Law Firm
October 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 an employee…

Jury: Plano Kroger illegally terminated man with special needs

Galo Law Firm
October 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 from…

Court rules against employer in same-sex sexual harassment case

Galo Law Firm
October 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 by a…

Employee pensions and coverage for same-sex couples

Galo Law Firm
September 19, 2013
ERISA

Though Texas has not recognized same-sex marriages, same-sex couples considered legally married in other states do have certain rights under federal employment statutes. This would include coverage for spouses under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act. The Department of Labor on Wednesday, September 17th, ruled…

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