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Summer Dress Code Drama Texas Employers Can Avoid

Dress codes can and should fit and be “rationally related” the business. If your Austin business is conservative, you should require conservative dress. If it is stylish, progressive, modern, or stuffy it is best if your dress code reflects that. The only caveat is that if your business is, lets

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Safety of Your Texas Business During Large Scale Events

When your city sponsors or allows a large attraction in your city, it could pose security risks to your organization.  The risks associated with large events do not simply include the obvious risks from the event crowd.  For example, during large events, there are a plethora of risks related to

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Estate Planning and Your Austin Startup

I recently spoke to Austin Estate Planning Attorney Jim Norman about the need for estate planning amongst Austin’s start up community. Generally speaking, founders are slightly younger than the average estate planning client but Jim and I both agree that entrepreneurs need to plan for their incapacity or demise. When

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Texas Employees and Pregnancy

As it turns out, some employees will expand their families while working with your company. So employers have to know how to handle a pregnant employee. As always, the issues are easy to muddle, but this area is where reasonableness, similar treatment between employees, and some practical sense can lead

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