Texas is an at-will employment state. That phrase gets repeated so often that some employers treat it as an absolute rule, which is how they end up in litigation they thought they were immune to. The Sabine Pilot doctrine is one of the most misunderstood exceptions to at-will employment in
Running a business is like herding cats while riding a unicycle and juggling torches, especially when employees think the First Amendment is their personal megaphone. Your workforce might be chanting “free speech!” while you are just trying to keep the ship afloat. Here’s the reality: the Constitution does not run
Oh, hello, anxious business owners and HR managers. We see you sweating over the latest employment law headaches — sexual harassment claims, retaliation lawsuits, and those delightful “did we train enough?” nightmares. Relax. Workplace chaos happens. Expensive workplace chaos does not have to. Let’s break it down with a smirk
What the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Chair, the Labor Department Solicitor, and Sixty Years of Civil Rights Law Are Now Telling Employers The federal government recently convened a panel featuring EEOC Chair Andrea R. Lucas and Department of Labor Solicitor Jonathan Berry, two Senate-confirmed officials who are actively
Austin, TX | North Carolina | Wyoming | Colorado The Supreme Court has been productive this term, which is a polite way of saying it has been quietly dismantling assumptions that businesses have operated under for decades. By the time the last opinions arrive in late June, this term will
Feeling like you are dodging legal landmines every time you draft an employment contract?Worried that attempts to keep employees from jumping ship could create unexpected exposure? The world of non-competes and their cousins, TRAPs, clawbacks, and similar provisions, has become increasingly complex. Let’s walk through what is actually happening and
Employer Advisory What the new EEOC and OPM guidance means for private employers navigating return to office mandates and a coming wave of disability accommodation requests. What Happened On or around February 11–12, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) jointly released
An apology in advance. This email is basically a tour of the very real reasons employers and owners feel stressed right now. The goal is not to add panic. The goal is to name what is already living in the background of inboxes, calendars, and leadership meetings. Let’s talk about
If your leadership meetings have recently sounded like a collective groan about payroll, tips, overtime, and whatever Congress “fixed” this time, take heart. Not long ago, Treasury and the IRS handed employers something rare: breathing room. Specifically, they announced penalty relief for the new information-reporting requirements on cash tips and
We see you. And we know you’re sweating bullets every time a plaintiff’s lawyer slaps you with a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice. Mostly because real people have no idea what a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice even is – why would you? Think of it like this: you’re being summoned to
