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What is the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)? Signed into law in 2010, the ACA (actually entitled the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act) required every US citizen to have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. (Note: In December 2017, President […]

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) is a federal statute that prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, sex (including pregnancy), origin, and religion in the work place. Title VII also prohibits harassment (sexual or otherwise) […]

FMLA refers to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which permits eligible employees to take 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period. Such employees can take leave for a variety of reasons to include: The […]

Under FLSA  (Fair Labor Standards Act)  Travel Away from Home Community  means travel that keeps an employee away from home overnight. The general rule is as follows: If travel keeps an employee away from home overnight, then the travel time […]

Your employer has given you a severance agreement and asked you to sign on the dotted line. As you read the severance agreement, you are happy your employer is offering to pay your salary for six months, along with your […]

When you receive a charge of discrimination from the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), it is important to take certain steps before responding: Notify Legal Counsel  – Ensure that legal counsel is immediately notified of the EEOC charge of discrimination.  […]

On November 22, 2016, Judge Mazzant of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to stop the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new regulation to increase the minimum salary for exempt employees […]