On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new temporary rule revising the DOL’s regulations on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This announcement follows the August 3, 2020...more
As the 2020-21 school year starts accross the US, businesses have been eagerly awaiting school reopening plans in an effort to understand the impact virtual learning and in-person options will have on their business. As...more
8/21/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Child Care ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Paid Leave ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Remote Learning ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
School Closures ,
Webinars
As the “Reopening of America” begins, many employers will be faced with implementing the paid leaves provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which went into effect April 1, 2020, and will continue...more
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released regulations pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which became effective on April 1. ...more
As many employers across the country are gearing up for the April 1 effective date of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act leave provisions, employers of Dallas employees were also concerned about how the City of...more
Summary: After Dallas County took the lead on Monday, March 23, by implementing a “shelter-in-place” order, other Texas counties quickly followed suit to take action to help stop the spread of COVID-19....more
In an effort to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 418.108, has issued a stay-at-home Order that takes effect at 11:59 p.m. on March 23, 2020, and...more
The EEOC issued guidance yesterday (March 18, 2020) to help aid employers who are wondering whether certain actions would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Rehabilitation Act, considering the COVID-19...more
As a follow-up to our Legal Alert regarding the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the amendments to the FMLA (the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (E-FMLA)), the House made key revisions to these bills before...more
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which provides for a limited period of paid sick leave and expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide an extended period of...more
3/18/2020
/ China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Tax Credits ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Legislature has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which provides for a limited period of paid sick leave and expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide an extended period of unpaid or...more
There currently is no vaccine to prevent Coronavirus (COVID-19) and on March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Businesses in the U.S. need to be prepared to deal with COVID-19 in the...more
3/18/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Assistance Programs ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NLRA ,
OSHA ,
Public Health ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Telemedicine ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
A Bexar County judge just allowed San Antonio employers to enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday a little bit more. Bexar County District Court Judge Peter Sakai advised all counsel on Friday that he is granting the requested...more
11/25/2019
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Injunctions ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
As we have mentioned in our previous Legal Alert, the effective date of San Antonio’s paid sick leave ordinance was delayed until December 1, 2019, by agreement after a lawsuit was filed against the city. At the time, the...more
Two days before the Dallas paid sick leave ordinance goes into effect, two companies filed suit against the City challenging the ordinance. Attorneys with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which represents these companies...more
In response to the lawsuit filed against the City of San Antonio regarding its paid sick leave ordinance, the City of San Antonio has agreed to postpone implementation of the ordinance until December 1, 2019. A Bexar County...more
On Monday, July 15, the Associated Builders & Contractors of South Texas, joined by several other business groups, filed suit against the City of San Antonio seeking to block the implementation of the Paid Sick Leave...more
As discussed in our June 20, 2019 Alert, although the state of Texas does not require employers to provide employees with paid sick leave, the cities of Dallas, San Antonio and Austin have all recently passed ordinances which...more
Texas does not require private employers to provide paid sick leave to any employee. However, three major Texas cities – Dallas, San Antonio and Austin – have all recently passed ordinances which would require almost all...more
On April 24, 2019, the Dallas City Council passed a paid sick leave ordinance by a vote of 10-4. This vote comes several months after a petition to get this issue on the November 2018 ballot failed when the city secretary...more
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance, which was supposed to go into effect this past October, has been held unconstitutional by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin. The court of appeals held that the ordinance establishes a...more
The city of Austin, Texas has become the first Southern city to require virtually all private employers to offer paid sick leave to employees working within Austin’s city limits. This new ordinance goes into effect October 1,...more
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, many employers are faced with questions as they prepare to resume normal operations. Some of the most common questions, such as those arising under the Fair Labor...more
9/1/2017
/ Disaster Aid ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hurricane Harvey ,
Hurricane Season ,
Natural Disasters ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
On-Call Employees ,
OSHA ,
Severe Weather ,
State of Emergency ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Though employment issues were not the focus of the 85th Regular and Special Legislative Sessions of the Texas Legislature, Texas employers should be aware of a handful of new Texas laws which take effect September 1, 2017....more
8/24/2017
/ Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
First Responders ,
Foster Children ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Retaliation ,
Trade Secrets ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts ,
Veterans ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
Quite a bit of effort goes into making an enjoyable restaurant experience, such as good food, prompt service and, of course, cleanliness. Want to reward the dishwashers for providing you with spotless silverware, expediters...more
7/26/2017
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Food Service Workers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour