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General Texas Employment Questions And Issues

• What is the meaning of "at will" employment under Texas law?
• Analysis of the Texas Supreme Court decision on punitive damages in Sabine Pilot cases.
• Social media policies and how they are viewed by the NLRB.
• When is an employee owed a bonus under Texas law?
• When does an employer owe an employee vacation or sick leave under Texas law?
• When can an employer can deduct from an employee's wages under Texas law?
• What fiduciary duties do executives and employees owe their employers under Texas law?
• What are fee shifting provisions in Texas and Houston executive employment contracts?

Top 10 Texas & Houston Non-Compete Questions

• Question 10.  In general, when is a non-compete agreement enforceable?
• Question 9.  How long can an employer stop an employee from competing?
• Question 8.  Can an employee be restrained from competing w/o a non-compete agreement?
• Question 7.  Are non-solicitation/recruitment clauses enforceable in Texas?
• Question 6.  What items can an executive take from the workplace upon leaving?
• Question 5.  What should an employee with a non-compete tell the employer upon resignation?
• Question 4.  What can an employer do if an employee violates a non-compete agreement?
• Question 3.  Can an employer enforce an overly-broad non-compete agreement?
• Question 2.  What are the effects of choice of law/choice of forum clauses in Texas?
• Question 1.  Do I need an attorney to help understand the Texas non-compete process?

Texas And Houston Executive Questions/Issues

• What does just cause mean in executive employment contracts?
• What are notice and cure provisions in executive employment contracts?
• What are with good reason clauses in executive employment contracts?
• What fiduciary duties do executives and employees owe their employers under Texas law?
• When is an employee is owed a bonus under Texas law?
• When does an employer owe an employee vacation or sick leave under Texas law?
• What are fee shifting provisions in Texas and Houston executive employment contracts?

Texas Retaliation Issues

• What is protected activity?
• What is protected activity under the FLSA?
• Dodd Frank and its anti-retaliation provision.
• The basics of Dodd Frank.
• Does an employee alleging retaliation have to amend a previously filed discrimination charge?
• Can internal investigations turn into protected conduct for employees?
• Can an employer's positive conduct negate an employee's prior protected activity? 
• Terminating bad employees who have previously engaged in protected activity.
• Can an employer terminate an employee because of conduct from an employee's relative?
• Do HR employees have special rights in the retaliation context?
• What is illegal retaliation in the employment law context?
• Employers should not ignore employees it believes are simply playing the "race card".
• When should an employer offer "reapplication" to a terminated employee?
• The new wave of SOX retaliation cases and what it means in Texas.

Texas Discrimination Issues

• New Supreme Court case to be heard on who is a supervisor in Title VII harassment cases.
• New Seventh Circuit case where the employee threatened violence at the workplace.

SOX

• What did Dodd Frank do to SOX?
• Can a litigation hold letter implicate SOX?
• How does one bring a SOX claim?
• Is SOX limited to securities fraud?
• How the presidential election changed the ARB.

EEOC Guidances/Initiatives

• The EEOC's new guidance on the usage of arrest and conviction records by employers.
• The EEOC's position on whether Title VII covers transgendered employees.
• The EEOC's recent enforcement initiative on the new ADA.
• The EEOC's new regulations on what constitutes a "reasonable factor other than age."

Texas & Houston Overtime Questions And Issues

• What is the FLSA?
• What does "exempt" and "non-exempt" mean?
• Is a person earning a salary entitled to overtime?
• What is President Obama's FLSA initiative?
• Should a company conduct an internal wage and hour audit?
• What happens in a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Audit?
• What are the FLSA's executive and administrative exemptions?
• How is overtime calculated in general?
• What types of damages are available in overtime cases?
• What immediate steps should an employer take if it is being sued under the FLSA? 
• Supreme Court decision that pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt.
• The impact of Dukes v. Walmart on the certification of FLSA collective actions.
• Supreme Court decision to hear Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk on Offers of Judgment.

Top 10 Texas & Houston Employment Law Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

An accompanying PowerPoint to these videos is here. 

• Bonus Mistake 2 (how to handle references for former employees) (second half of video)
• Bonus Mistake 1 (failing to terminate with compassion) (first half of video)
• Mistake 10 (failing to run termination decisions through outside counsel) (second half of video)
• Mistake 9 (failing to remember the National Labor Relastions Act) (first half of video)
• Mistake 8 (compliance with the FLSA) (second half of video)
• Mistake 7 (remembering and applying the FMLA correctly) (first half of video)
• Mistake 6 (the traps of the ADA) (second half of video)
• Mistake 5 (failing to conduct workplace investigations in writing) (first half of video)
• Mistake 4 (failing to follow company policies) (second half of video)
• Mistake 3 (failing to document employee files) (first half of video)
• Mistake 2 (failing to properly act after an employee injury) (second half of video)
• Mistake 1 (failing to train supervisors on basic employment law issues) (first half of video)