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- Non-Compete Documents Were Taking Heavy Fire – Then Trump Was Elected
- Why You Should Encourage Your Employees to Vote
- What’s the Harm in Buying a Few Reviews to Get Your Business Rating Up?
- Union Investigations: A Minefield of Legalese
- How to Fight Human Trafficking and Protect Your Business from Liability
- Goodbye Lynch Law Firm, Hello Treaty Oak Employers’ Law Group
- Federal Court Nopes the FTC’s Noncompete Ban
- FTC Noncompete Ban: A Survival Guide (for the Cynical)
- FTC Noncompete Ban: A Survival Guide (for the Cynical)
- No More Non-Competes? Not So Fast, Says One Texas Business
- No More Non-Competes? Not So Fast, Says One Texas Business
- Caste Discrimination in the American Workplace: A Legal Primer for Employment Attorneys
- Safeguarding Your Workplace
- Legal Research’s Guidance on When to Hire an Investigator
- Buckle Up, Buttercup: Overtime Exemptions Just Got a Raise (and Some Employees Might Too!)
- An Employer Cannot Accommodate A Hateful Religion
- Healthcare and Harassment
- Our Clients Employ Humans
- When Your Remote Workers Are Everywhere, You Need to Be Compliant with Laws Everywhere
- Uh-oh! Non-Compete Agreements Banned & Minimum Salaries Increasing
- Navigating W-8BEN Obligations and OFAC Sanctions: A Guide for Employment Lawyers, Company Lawyers, and Entrepreneurs
- Ahh, Hand-Me-Down Handbooks
- An Ode to Car Wrecks and Progressive Discipline
- Navigating the Complex Landscape of Workplace Investigations: Insights from Corporate Employment Attorney
- Navigating Workplace Investigations: A Corporate Attorney’s Guide to Proactive Strategies
- Comprehensive Workplace Investigation Guidance for Labor Counsel in Large Organizations
- Untipping the Scales
- What Do I Do If Somebody Cries?
- What Do You Do If Someone Tells You That You Can’t Understand Their Concern Because of Your Own Immutable Characteristics?
- What Do You Do If Somebody Starts Yelling at You During an Interview?
- What Do You Do If a Witness Asks You for Legal Advice?
- What Do You Do With All Your Investigative Notes?
- What Do You Do If Somebody Just Won’t Participate?
- What Do You Do If Somebody Asks You Who Else is Being Interviewed?
- What Do I Do When the Client Tries to Take Control of an Investigation?
- What Do You Do If You’re Not Sure What to Wear to an Investigation?
- What Do I Do if Somebody Connects with Me After an Investigation is Completed?
- What Do You Do When Somebody Walks Out on Your Interview?
- What Do I Do If I Am Asked to Discuss the Value of an Investigation?
- What Do You Do If You Stumble Across Some Unrelated, Bad Information?
- What Do You Do When You Have a Union in Your Workplace?
- What Do I Do to Explain the Triggers of an Investigation?
- What Do You Do If You Are Concerned About the Nature of the Underlying Claim, the Series of Facts, the Incident Being So Complicated that You Can’t Investigate It?
- What Do You Do If Your Investigation Requires Really Specialized Knowledge?
- What Do You Do If the Person You’re Talking to is Just Mortified by the Subject Matter, It’s Just Too Embarrassing?
- What Do I Do to Pick a Tone of Speech to Use with Somebody?
- How Do You Maintain Investigative Confidentiality When the Nature of the Questions You’re Asking Basically Tells People What You’re Investigating?
- What Do I Do if Things Get Confusing During a Workplace Investigation?
- What Do I Do to Investigate the Way Someone Eats During a Workplace Investigation?
- What Do I Do If the Investigation Is a He Said, She Said During a Workplace Investigation?
- What Do I Do If the Client Tries to Control the Investigation During a Workplace Investigation?
- What Do I Do to Admonish an Accused During a Workplace Investigation?
- What Do I Do to Investigate People Talking Over Each Other at Meetings During a Workplace Investigation?
- Employee Severance Agreements
- What do I do if someone is in crisis during a workplace investigation?
- Is My Business Ready for the PWFA? What You Need to Know
- Inaugural Edition of Coach Lindsey Corner
- Can You Give an Employee the Choice to Be Fired or Retire?
- Put Your Policy Where Your Pride Is: Inclusivity at Work for LGBTQ+ Employees
- Labels in the Workplace
- Creating a Compassionate and Fair Bereavement Policy
- 2023-i-9-updates
- Staffing agencies and contractors
- Client Profile: Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN)
- Why It’s Worth Offering Unpaid Time Off
- Navigating Worker’s Comp, FMLA, ADA, and State Protections: Understanding Employee Rights In Your Workplace
- Courtside with Brian // Sued by a Former Employee
- Courtside with Brian Severance Agreements
- Retaliation Complaints by Employees
- Courtside with Brian :: Final Pay
- Courtside with Brian Employment at Will
- The EEOC Offers Guidance on Severance Pay in Exchange for Waiver
- When an Employee Files a Claim for Constructive Discharge
- Employers Must Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Workers with Medical Conditions
- The High Costs Associated with Workplace Discrimination
- Do Employees Have the Right to Privacy in the Workplace?
- Celebrating 10 Years of Phenomenal Client Partnerships: Can you tell us who Texas Health Action is
- Employers Are Wise to Conduct Periodic Employment and Labor Audits
- What is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act?
- Effective Leadership Training Can Prepare Your Next Generation of Leaders
- Employers Have a Legal Obligation to Ensure Workplace Safety
- Employers are Wise to Consult with Legal Counsel When Facing an EEOC Investigation
- The Risks of Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Make Decisions in the Workplace
- It’s Time to Review Your Company’s Social Media Policy
- Protect Yourself and Your Business from Costly Litigation by Preventing Employment Discrimination
- All Employers are Required to Comply with the 2022 PUMP Act
- Spring is the Time to Draft or Update Your Employee Handbook
- Workplace Spring is here
- Employment Law Covers All Aspects of the Employer/Employee Relationship
- Submit Your Texas Franchise Filings or be Subject to Texas Tax Code 711.252(2)
- Take Your Company to the Next Level With Leadership Training
- Employers Must Be Careful Not to Violate Workplace Laws
- Exempt Versus Non-Exempt: Employers Could Face Fines for Misclassifications
- Employers Must Distinguish Between Employees and Independent Contractors
- When Employers Cannot Afford Formal Health Insurance Benefits
- Unlimited Vacation Policies: Employers Must Seek to Avoid Risks
- Can a Disabled Person Bring Their Service Animal into a Healthcare Facility?
- Avoid Costly Litigation by Preventing Claims of a Hostile Work Environment
- When Service Animals Create Disruptions in the Workplace Employers Must Prepare for Challenges When a Service Animal is in the Workplace
- Treaty Oak Will Review Your Service Animal Policy for Free! (Or even make you your first draft!)
- Employees Vs. Independent Contractors
- When U.S. Companies Hire Foreign Contractors to Work in the U.S.
- It’s Time to Review Your Company’s Employee Handbook
- President Biden Signs the Speak Out Act into Law
- Love is in the Air And With it Comes the Return of the Office Romance
- Lynch Law Firm Featured in Community Impact Paper
- The Federal Trade Commission Announces a Proposal to Ban Noncompete Agreements
- Customized Harassment Prevention Training
- Avoid EEOC Complaints by Preventing Discrimination
- What do I do to stay safe in an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to start an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if something is on a computer during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if someone will not give me a straight answer during a workplace investigation?
- Texas Law Places Personal Liability on Managers in Instances of Sexual Harassment
- What do I do about the steps of an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if someone will not give me a straight answer during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if someone wants to argue with me during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if someone lies to me during a workplace investigation?
- Expanding Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Workers
- What do I do to find a secure place to interview during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I screw up an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if the reporting party is a non-employee during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to investigate pronoun use during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about the quality of my investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I receive an admission during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about secret recordings during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about slutshaming during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about recording interviews during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I really dislike the interviewee during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I have scope creep during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about small company investigations during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I receive evidence during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to research my witness during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about public attention to my investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if the reporting party is ‘crazy’ during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if someone is leaving their employer during a workplace investigation?
- Emotional Support Animals
- Time to Schedule Your Annual Repost
- When Companies May Be Excused from Providing WARN Act Notifications to Employees Facing Layoffs
- Every Employer should use Employment Contracts
- What do I do to prove up perceptions during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to protect culture during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to prevent gossip during a workplace investigation?
- Your Organization’s Annual Meeting
- What do I do if I am investigating positive stereotypes during a workplace investigation?
- Treaty Oak ELG Supports Texas Unites for Animals
- What do I do if the police are involved in an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do to determine the point of an investigation during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I am physically afraid of someone during a workplace investigation?
- How Can Employers Protect Themselves from Claims of Retaliation?
- Overtime Pay and Exemption Status: What Employers Need to Know
- What do I do if a participant is on FMLA during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if parents want to attend an interview during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about other complaints during a workplace investigation?
- Separation Agreements, Severance Pay, and Unemployment Claims
- Employers Can Limit Liability by Documenting the Progressive Discipline Process
- Employers Can Minimize Their Liability at the Company Holiday Party
- What do I do about the order of a workplace investigation?
- The Uncooperative Reporting Party
- What do I do if one witness report is not like the others during a workplace investigation?
- Attorney Brian Levy at Treaty Oak ELG Comments on Facebook Layoffs
- What do I do about an interviewee trying to read my notes during a workplace investigation?
- https://youtu.be/cUsGSLxsuoM
- What do I do if an interviewee is not taking the investigation seriously during a workplace investigation?
- Treaty Oak ELG is Dedicated to Supporting Our Community
- U.S. Department of Labor’s Guidelines Regarding the Display the Posters Required by Federal Law
- Treaty Oak ELG Weighs in on the Twitter Layoffs
- FIND OUT IF YOUR TEXAS NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE
- What do I do when there is no one to interview during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if an interviewee is not answering questions during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if there is no company policy related to the matter you are investigating during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I am an attorney investigator during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if the interviewee has no memory of the incident during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if the reporting party doesn’t use any of the ‘magic’ words about discrimination during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do about investigating a not-for-profit during a workplace investigation?
- What do I do if I need to network with other investigators?
- What do I do when I need evidence during a workplace investigation?
- Identifying the Best Solution for Labor and Employment Disputes
- Addressing Hostile Work Environments Within the Medical Profession
- Workplace Investigations into Family-Run Organizations
- Treaty Oak ELG Capability Statement
- Complaining about Discrimination at a restaurant, gas station, or hotel.
- Personal Liability for Workplace Claims
- Procuring-Cause Doctrine in Texas
- It’s a Pretty Common Concept: Our Company Is Like a Family
- How Restorative Practices Can Address Workplace Harassment and Discrimination
- How to Retain Millennial Workers in 10 Steps
- What Do I Do to Make Someone Comfortable in An Interview? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do About Taking Notes Workplace Investigation? Treaty Oak ELG, Austin, Texas, Natalie Lynch
- What Do I Do if My Investigation Is About Mansplaining? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do if I Make Someone Uncomfortable? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do when The Interviewee Is Dishonest? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas, Natalie Lynch
- What Do I Do if I Learn Something After the Interview? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigations, Austin, Texas, Natalie Lynch
- What Do I Do if When You Are Investigating Someone’s Life Choices? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do when The Interview Is Very Long? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas, Natalie Lynch
- What Do You Do when The Complaint Is that Someone Is a Feminist? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do About My Investigative Template? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do I Do About the Types of Conclusions? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigations, Austin Texas
- What Do I Do with Investigative Facts? Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
- What Do You Do if Your Investigative Plan Is Not Working? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- What Do You Do when The Investigator Causes the Delays? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin Texas
- What Do You Do when You Know Someone Is Lying? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin, Texas
- Us Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Lifts Nation-Wide Injunction by The Fifth Circuit Court for The Covid-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
- What Do I Do when You Suspect Someone Lacks Capacity? Treaty Oak ELG, Workplace Investigation, Austin Texas
- What Do I Do if An Investigation Is Very Delayed Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
- What Do I Do with Investigative Counts? Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
- What Do I Do About an Investigative Exception? Treaty Oak ELG Workplace Investigations Austin Texas Natalie Lynch
- Colorado’s Non-Compete Law Governs Regardless of Choice of Law
- From Start-Up to Scale Up: A Nonprofit Journey
- 9 Reasons Why You Should Keep Learning as An Adult
- Land Acknowledgement Statement: Treaty Oak ELG’s Statement
- 4 Reasons to Consider Sexual Harassment Prevention Training, Like Presenteeism
- Workplace Restorative Justice
- New Survey Finds Some Employers Will Fire Employees Who Refuse to Return to Work
- What Do I Do when Someone Don’t Want to Disclose Source of Information?
- What Do I Do when I Don’t Know What to Charge for An Investigation?
- What Do I Do when I Don’t Find out What Happens After an Investigation?
- What Do I Do to Investigate Discrimination by Microaggressions?
- What Do I Do when I Don’t Know if I Can Handle Investigating Something?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Doesn’t Want to Participate in My Investigation?
- What Do I Do if Someone Wants to Discuss Who Pays for An Investigation?
- What Do I Do to Determine Credibility?
- What Do I Do to Define the Thing I Am Investigating?
- What Do I Do to Define the Scope of The Investigation?
- What Do I Do if I Realize There Was a Crime Committed?
- What Do I Do if Someone Asks About the Report?
- What Do I Do to Maintain Confidentiality Between Interviews?
- What Do I Do About Collecting Evidence?
- What Do I Do if The Client Wants to Edit Report?
- What Do I Do if The Client Requests Changes to Findings?
- What Do I Do if My Client Ignores the Findings?
- What Do I Do if The Client Is Not Taking the Results Seriously?
- What Do I Do if The Client Starts by Telling You the Outcome?
- What Do I Do if I Receive Evidence Likely to Be Used in Litigation?
- What Do I Do if I Am Asked to Fix the Root Problem After Investigation?
- What Do I Do if Someone Has Evidence on Their Personal Device?
- What Do I Do if Someone Gets Mad During an Interview?
- What Do I Do to Build Client Goodwill with An Adversarial Finding?
- What Do I Do if Someone Ends an Interview?
- What Do I Do if Everything on A Device Is Deleted?
- What Do I Do if I Am Embarrassed by The Interview?
- What Do I Do if I Can’t Make a Determination?
- What Do I Do if Someone Will Not Give Me the Name of A Witness?
- What Do I Do if I Don’t Speak the Language of The Interviewee?
- What Do I Do if I Don’t Understand an Interviewee’s Answers?
- What Do I Do if I Don’t Have Familiarity with The Industry Being Investigated?
- What Do I Do to Build Rapport?
- What Do I Do if Someone Challenges My Process?
- What Do I Do when I Cannot Reach Investigative Conclusions?
- What Do I Do if I Don’t Receive an Admission?
- What Do I Do to Investigate a Biased Witness?
- What Do I Do to Investigate Bias?
- What Do I Do if Someone Asks About the Progress of My Investigation?
- What Do I Do if I Am an Attorney Investigator?
- What Do I Do to Approach Witnesses?
- What Do I Do After I Write the Report?
- What Do You Do if Someone Calls You After the Interview?
- What Do I Do After Interviewing the Reporting Party Interview?
- What Do You Do After the Last Interview?
- What Do You Do if Someone Brings up Additional Allegations?
- What Do You Do to Admonish Interviewees?
- What Do You Do to Admonish the Accused?
- What Do I Do About Investigating Pronouns?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Is Unresponsive to Interview Requests?
- What Do You Do if You Want to Make Investigative Decisions Based on Intuition?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Asks About Privilege?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Does Not Know the Answers?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Asks for A Witness?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Is Represented by An Attorney?
- What Do I Do if I Get Really Embarrassed as The Investigator?
- What Do I Do when I Have an Investigation About Gaslighting?
- What Do I Do if I Am Investigating a Traumatic Event?
- What Do I Do if An Interviewee Keeps Repeating Themself?
- What Do I Do if Someone Is Abusive During an Interview?
- What Do I Do with Inconvenient Facts?
- What Do You Do if The Complaint Is that The Accused Is a Meanie?
- Treaty Oak ELG – Lawyer in Austin, TX Testimony of A Title Company Representative
- What Do I Do with An Interview that Goes Very Long?
- What Do I Do to Deal with Hearsay and Rumors?
- What Do I Do if There Are Hundreds of Hours of Recordings?
- When Firing Policies Fail
- What I’ve Learned from Workplace Investigations
- How Leaders Can Secure Future Business and Persevere for The Next Crisis
- The Empowering Employee Handbook
- Reducing Workplace Violence in The Texas Workplace
- The Best Recruitment Strategies for Nonprofits
- Performing an Internal Investigation
- How to Rock a Review of Your Nonprofit’s Mission Statement
- Firing an Individual for Poor, but Undocumented, Performance in The Austin Workplace
- When Texas Employees Take Workplace Communication Offline
- Discrimination Against Obese Workers
- What You Need to Know About the Theory of Change but Are Afraid to Ask
- Legal Considerations of Background Checks for Texas Employers
- Qualifying a New Overseas Product Distributer
- Eight Ways Collaborative Leadership Might Benefit Your Business
- How Leaders Can Reenergize the Employee Experience for 2021 and Beyond
- A Preference for Younger Hires with The ‘IT’ Standard Lands CBS Stations Group of Texas an Age Discrimination Lawsuit
- Want Diversity and Inclusion in Your Workplace to Matter? Begin with Business Leaders.
- Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Discrimination in Texas
- Our Hearts Go out To the Family of Dr. Katherine Lindley Dodson and Her Colleagues at Children’s Medical Group
- Season’s Greetings
- It’s a Challenging Time for Leaders—Here’s how To Maintain Focus During Covid
- Thank You Veterans
- Assessing the Weak Links in Your Organization’s Culture
- What Do a Manager, a Director, and A Vice President Actually Do?
- Tips for Handling Requests for Mental Health Accommodation. Are Your Supervisors Ready for This?
- Leadership Development: Why It’s Worth the Investment
- Can Tuition Reimbursement Benefits Save Your Business Money and Deliver a Productive Workforce? Big Business Says, “Hell, Yeah.”
- To Lead or Not to Lead—Before You Say “Yes,” Read This
- Getting the Lowdown on The EQ: Interviewing for Emotional Intelligence
- Managing a Nonprofit in The Middle of A Pandemic
- Reopening Lessons from CEO Barra’s Covid-19 Playbook
- 3-Step Analysis that Tests Your Small Business Strategy in The Post Pandemic Recovery
- Business in The New Normal: The Hidden Challenge of Reopening :: June 1, 2020
- Is Firing an Employee for Disclosing Their Pay Increase Illegal?
- Business in The New Normal: The Hidden Challenge of Reopening
- As Anonymous Workplace Harassment Cases Double Expect More States to Enact Stricter Harassment Prevention Laws for 2020
- How the Effects of The #metoo Movement Changed the EEOC Guidance in Preventing Harassment
- After We Prevail: Plan for Re-Entry to New Normal Operations
- How Small Businesses Can Transition High-Performing Employees Into Relatable Managers
- How to Modernize an Anti-Harassment Policy to Meet Your Small Business Needs
- Covid-19 – Resources for Employers
- 02.20.2020 Operating Gyms While in Quarantine
- Sponsorships Can Create Tax Hazards for Charitable Organizations
- First Time Boss?
- The Removal of Tax Deductions for Sexual Harassment Settlements
- Yall Should Use Yall Professionally
- Protecting Trade Secrets: What Small Business Owners Need to Know
- Could that Offbeat Interview Question Reveal the Right Candidate for Your Small Business?
- The Importance of Data Visualization
- LYFT Tips: Leadership 3 Tips from The CBO
- Workplace Diversity Is the Rule, Not the Exception, for Growing Businesses
- 3 Tips for Enhancing Organizational Communication During Times of Change
- Retaliation and How to Avoid Doing It
- The Basics of Protected Activities and Retaliation Laws
- Tips for Running Offsites that Aren’t a Waste of Time
- Leadership Development: Growing Talent Strategically
- 3 Essential Leadership Tips
- Creating an Assessment Strategy that Aligns with Company Culture and Goals
- The Basics of Microlearning
- Stay Focused on Organizational Growth by Creating an Ecosystem for Learning
- How to Give Feedback Like a Boss
- How to Get High-Potential Employees Interested in Leadership Development
- Communication, Flexibility and Policy Process Key to Meeting Ada Compliance for Small Business Owners
- How Small Business Owners Can Raise the Quality of Conversation in Employee Meetings
- Trump-Like Comments in The Workplace Put Small Businesses at Risk for Litigation
- What’s in A Name — or Job Title?
- The Importance of Redundancy
- How to Hold People Accountable when You’d Rather Eat a Worm
- 5 Leadership Competencies that Should Be a Part of Your Organizational Strategy
- No Higher ROI than Teambuilding
- The Value of Strategic Planning
- Four Ways to Better On-Board New Employees While Still Remaining Productive
- Three Cs of Implementing Strategy
- 6 Signs Your Nonprofit Is in Crisis Mode
- How Small Business Can Conquer Low Employee Retention Rates
- How Gender-Neutral Is Your Small Business?
- Productive Board Retreats Are Key for Nonprofit Success
- Crisis Intervention and Management: Be Ready for Your Next Business Disaster
- Not If, but When: How To Prepare for The Inevitable Crisis
- The Age of Transparency and Its Impact on The Nonprofit World
- Culture Club – The New Competitive Advantage
- EEOC Releases New FAQS for Reporting Nonbinary Individuals on The EEO-1 Form
- How Small Businesses Can Support Mental Health Care
- Reporting Gender Non-Binary Employees to The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Does Your Small Business Pass the Age-Inclusive Policies and Practices Checklist?
- Should Extramarital Affairs Be Handled Differently from Other Workplace Romances?
- Taking Your Small Business International? Read This First
- What Employers in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio Need to Know About Paid Sick Leave Ordinances
- U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Extreme Obesity Not a Disability; What Small Business Owners Need to Know
- What Does Texas Law Mean for Enterprise Businesses Looking for An External Workforce Investigator?
- Molding Management for Better Team Dynamics – an Employer’s Perspective
- Failing to Correct Known Discrimination May Land Small Business Owners in Court
- What to Do with The Family Business After the Unexpected Loss of A Loved One
- HR to Legal: Leaders Make a Difference when Sexual Harassment Policies Are Priority
- ¿Paueden Abogados Y Cpas Trabajar Juntos?
- En Ocasiones Se Necesita Un Equipo: Auditores Y Abogados Crean Valor Añadido Para Los Clientes Internacionales
- Sometimes It Takes a Team: An Attorney and An Accountant Add Value to International Clients
- How Should Small Businesses Handle Negative Online Reviews from Former Employees?
- Should Small Employers Social Screen Job Applicants?
- 3 Reasons to Conduct an HR Morale Audits
- Workforce Planning: What to Know
- Reasons to Conduct an HR Audits
- Should Small Businesses Offer Benefits?
- What Small Employers Need to Know About Pay Equity
- Small Company Solutions to Prevent #Metoo Problems
- 20 Labor Laws Every Employer Is Subject to Regardless of Size
- Why Small Businesses Should Spend Money on An Employee Handbook
- Small Companies Absolutely Need Non-Compete Agreements
- OSHA Regulations Apply to Every Workplace
- If Employers Don’t Investigate Retaliation, Discrimination, or A Hostile Work Environment
- Gender Pay Equality
- Title VII Protection for Sexual Orientation
- 10 Legal Mistakes Small Businesses Make
- Texas Roadhouse to Pay 12 Million
- How EEOC’S Sexual Orientation Lawsuits Affect Your Austin Company
- What Do Startups and Entrepreneurs Needs to Know About Employment Law
- Pros and Cons of Series LLC
- Sexual Harassment Settlements Are No Longer Tax Deductible
- 7-11 Raided by Ice
- Ethical Issues Related to Internal Workplace Investigators
- Religious Expression and The Tolerance of Religious Practices Religious Expression
- Post Investigation Recovery
- UPS and Disability Discrimination
- Have Alternative Resolution Practices Hampered Our Understanding of Discrimination in The Workplace?
- When Does HR Cross Over Into Law?
- The Emotional Impact of Fraud Investigations
- Grant v. Lone Star Co. Negligence in The Workplace
- Fraud Examination Skills: Report Writing
- Upjohn Warning
- Creating a Harassment Complaint System
- Texas – HB 88: Leave to Care for Foster Child
- No Gossip Policies
- Handling Off-Duty Misconduct
- Vance vs. Ball State
- Firing an Individual for Poor, but Undocumented, Performance
- Impartiality in Harassment Claims
- Should You Review Employee Emails?
- Top Questions from First-Timers About Hiring an Independent Investigator
- Lopez vs. Kempthorne: Americans with Disabilities
- English-Only Rules Can Create a Hostile Work Environment
- Hugging in The Workplace
- Marital Status Discrimination
- Hidden Bias in The Hiring Process
- Dealing with Employees Texting
- Mixed Messages on Independent Contractor and Employee Background Checks
- 10 Ways to Prevent Harassment in The Workplace
- Minimizing Workplace Violence: A Checklist
- BYOD Policies v. Conducting Thorough Investigations
- Non-Discrimination Policies
- Guiding Principals: Decision to Conduct an Investigation
- Creating a Harassment Complaint System for Texas Employers
- Racial Bias Against Employees: Is the Employer Liable
- A Trauma-Informed Approach to Violence Investigation
- What Can HR Do About Cyberbullying?
- Age Discrimination and Age Bias
- Privacy Issues in Workplace Investigations
- Employer Liability for Harassment: Precedents and Famous Cases
- Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations
- Investigating High-Level Executives
- The Cultural Iceberg Explained
- Mental Health Considerations in The Workplace
- Discrimination Under Title VII
- Retaliation Claims in The Workplace
- Federal Employment Anti-Discrimiation Laws
- Harassing Employees Through Anonymous Job Reviews
- Conducting Workplace Investigations Correctly – Don’t Get Trumped
- Defamation and Libel in The Workplace
- Employee Misconduct: Best Practices for Questioning the Accused
- What Is Discrimination in The Workplace
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Harassment Enforcement Guides
- Confusion with Independent Contractors v. Employees – Texas Law Review
- Updating Employee Handbooks
- The Importance of Having a Anti-Retaliation Policy when You Conduct an Investigation
- The Difficulty with Texting Employees During a Workplace Investigation
- Why Texas Dog Professionals Should Operate Under an Entity to Avoid Risk
- Discrimination Complaints
- Trades: The Importance of Formal Employee Documents for Texas Tradesman
- Incorporating Veteran-Owned Businesses in Texas
- Adult Bullying Is a Sign that An Employer Has an Obligation to Investigate
- What Every Texas Employer Should Know About Their Duties Under FCRA
- What Texas Business Owners Need to Know About Websites and The ADA
- Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact Are Tests for Discrimination but Employers Get Points for Being Intentional
- Five Reasons Why Legalzoom Won’t Save You Money if You Are Based in Texas
- Doing Business as A DBA Does Not Protect You in Texas
- Gender Neutral Restrooms Can Create a Plethora of Investigation Triggers for Employers
- Independent Attorney Workplace Investigations
- What Every Employer Should Know About Their Duties Under FCRA and FACTA
- Early Mistakes that Destroy Privilege
- Employer Settlements in Harassment, Discrimination, and Hostile Work Environment Claims
- The Nature of A Workplace Investigation
- Personal Liability for Managers Involved in Harassment, Discrimination, and Hostile Work Environment Claims
- Internal Investigations and Volunteers
- Texas Employer Obligations on Election Day!
- Effectively Managing Political Speech in The Austin Workplace
- Your Texas Startup’s Brand Story
- Texas Banks that Work with Series LLC Entities
- Austin Workplace Investigation for Bullying Complaints
- Employment Discrimination and An Austin Workplace Investigation
- Austin Workplace Investigation for Harassment Complaints
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and The Austin Workplace
- The Unconsidered Aspects of Cancer in The Austin Workplace
- Drafting Sales Agreements
- When Criminals Apply for Jobs at Your Austin Workplace
- Equal Pay for Equal Work in Texas Workplaces
- Love Contract and The Austin Workplace
- Donald Sterling and The Related Workplace
- Standards for A Hostile Work Environment Claim
- Docking Pay for Salaried Employees
- The Role of A Contractor Liaison for Texas Organizations
- Dating Customers & the Austin Workplace
- Everyone Should Be a Minority Sometime
- Investigate Your BYOD Policies
- Fraud and Financial Whistleblowers
- Prepare for Mediation (Better than Your Former Employee)
- Is Your Attorney Focused on Conflict or On Resolution?
- Ted Talks for Workplace Investigators
- Drafting Consulting Agreements
- Austin Startups Summer Internships
- Drafting Professional Service Contracts
- Drafting Non-Compete Agreements in Texas
- Alhambrize Your Startup
- Austin Startup Attorney Drafts Confidentiality Agreements
- Austin Startup Attorney and Negotiations
- Austin TX Business Formation Attorney
- An Entrepreneur’s Perspective on The Austin Startup Process
- Reference Checks and Professional Liars
- Austin Startup Attorney on Forming an Advisory Board
- Hiring New Austin Employees and Religious Preference
- FMLA for The Gay – Even in Texas
- Startup Employment Applications and Lying
- Life Insurance and Your Austin Startup
- Top Two Ways to Make Your Startup Buyable
- Mixing Employees and Employer Telephone Use
- Terminating the Employment of A Startup Employee
- Measles in Texas Workplaces
- Has Your Texas Startup Earned the Mother Friendly Workplace Designation?
- Austin Startups Schedule for Payroll Obligations
- Austin Professionalism Standards Grow Up
- My Texas Startup Got Yelped!
- Service Animals and Your Texas Startup
- Which Culture Is Your Startup Culture? :: the Chicken Bark Story
- Loans for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in Texas
- Summer Dress Code Drama Texas Employers Can Avoid
- Expanding Into Quebec
- Safety of Your Texas Business During Large Scale Events
- Estate Planning and Your Austin Startup
- Workplace Investigations and NFL Bullying
- Top 2 Ways Texas Business People Can Protect Their Families from Company Mistakes
- The Trick to Contracting Internationally – Use the Other Set of Rules
- Texas Employees and Pregnancy
