Treaty Oak Employers’ Law Blog

As several states including Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia lift COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, small businesses have begun to implement their plans for bringing back employees. But like airline flights after 911, and banking after the 2008 financial crisis, certain aspects of the business will never look the same after COVID-19; no

As several states including Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia lift COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, small businesses have begun to implement their plans for bringing back employees. But like airline flights after 911, and banking after the 2008 financial crisis, certain aspects of the business will never look the same after COVID-19; no

With most companies transitioning to a work-from-home (WFH) environment, HR leaders – all people managers for that matter – continue to work through the day-to-day challenges of managing remote workers.  Finding a reasonable balance between productivity, quality, and overall performance in an environment not intended for remote work remains an

Investing in employees can be an expensive proposition for small businesses. Corporate training for skills like leadership and people management benefits both first-time managers and their co-workers. But what if your budget, and your time, is limited as a small business owner. Where can you find training that will help

COVID-19 has changed our business environment seemingly overnight, and we are not out of the woods yet. There is an ever-changing web of new legal requirements, employee health and welfare concerns, employee management, remote workers and productivity worries, and general operational issues. Treaty Oak ELG is an employment law firm

Boutique gyms are not mandated to close in Austin as of March 20, 2020. Although Mayor Steve Adler did mention “gyms” in his oral announcements, his official Order does not explicitly name gyms. Instead, the official Order says you cannot gather ten or more people simultaneously in the same place.

So you want to be an employer? Treaty Oak ELG offers a flat rate First Time Employer package that can jumpstart any employer’s compliance standards. Even with all the right forms, however, there is a lot to learn when you hire your first employee. You can be guaranteed that you

Nonprofits can be Taxed if Corporate Sponsorships are Not Structured Properly Corporate sponsorship for concerts, fairs, conferences, and other venues highly benefit non-profits. Corporations get free advertising and public recognition while non-profits receive tax-exempt revenue. But if done improperly, nonprofits can be subject to an unrelated business income tax. Nonprofits

“Yall” should be the lexicological movement of right now. And I mean “yall,” naked of its burdensome apostrophe, because it represents a proper sentiment that needs an inclusive word. We constantly use work-arounds to indicate gender-neutral third-party plural pronouns so why are we so unable to admit we need “yall”