Treaty Oak Employers’ Law Blog

Age discrimination is the act of discriminating against an individual based on their chronological age. The term, colloquially  associated with older individuals in a workplace, also can be used to describe discrimination towards any individual based on their age, including young workers. Legally speaking, workers over 40 are protected by the Age

All employers and human resource managers should be knowledgeable about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This federal law applies to employers with 15 or more employees and provides the foundation for prohibited discrimination in the workplace. Many state laws are modeled after Title VII, but they

Sexual harassment in the workplace has been receiving increased media scrutiny with the recent resignation of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, who has been accused of sexually harassing several women over many years at Fox News. Just this week, while defending Ailes in an interview with USA Today, Republican Presidential nominee

Employers may find themselves facing liability for a number of acts in the workplace, including defamation in the workplace. Additionally, they may be held vicariously liable for the acts of their employees.  Defamation   Defamation occurs when a person’s character or reputation is damaged because of a false statement by another.

When employees report wrongful conduct in the workplace such as harassment or discrimination, it is important to conduct a thorough investigation. However, even if the report is determined to be unfounded, an employer may still be held liable if the company takes adverse action against the employee. Before conducting an

Claims of workplace discrimination are fraught—fraught with legal risk, the danger that employee harm is occurring, and possibly hard costs associated with employee turnover, lost productivity, and damage to the organization’s reputation. Becoming skilled at managing such claims, of course, takes experience, but it also requires the investigator to take

There is great news for Texas veterans who want to be business owners. Back in 2015, the Texas legislature passed Senate Bill 1049, which allows qualifying Texas veterans who have been honorably discharged to incorporate their businesses in Texas with waived filing fees and exemption from franchise taxes for their

Many Austin employers choose to conduct background investigations on potential job applicants. These investigations must be conducted in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which was created to promote fairness and accuracy in credit reporting. Under the FCRA, the definition of a credit report is very broad, and