Employment Laws
Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Employment Laws Articles
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Texas Reforms Its Workers’ Compensation System
On June 1, 2005, Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 7(HB7), which provides for sweeping changes to the workers' compensation system in the state of Texas. Prompted by an outdated, expensive system that did little to encourage injured employees to ...
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Texas Supreme Court Embraces Binding Arbitration in Employment Disputes
The Texas Supreme Court also recently provided private sector employers some good news concerning mandatory arbitration programs. The Court's latest decision makes it clear that arbitration agreements are here to stay and that the Court is tired of ...
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Texas Supreme Court Limits Emotional Distress Claims
On August 27, 2004, the Texas Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. v. Zeltwanger. This decision has resulted in a significant change in Texas law on intentional infliction of emotional distress claims — a change ...
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Texas Supreme Court Narrows Scope of State’s Whistleblower Statute
The Texas Supreme Court recently provided government employers some good news concerning retaliation claims made by employees under The Texas Whistleblower Statute, which applies solely to public sector employees. The statute prohibits government ...
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The 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Workers’ Compensation Cases in New Jersey
A. Immediately report the accident to your employer. Seek medical treatment from an employer authorized doctor. A. The law says that employers must pay for all medical care related to the accident, so they control which doctors you may see. If you ...
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The Arbitration of International Technology Disputes Under the English Arbitration Act 19961
I. INTRODUCTION MANY INDUSTRIES have come to benefit from the unprecedented expansion of the global economy and the corresponding rise in international trade in recent years. Perhaps no industry, however, can match the rapid change in globalization ...
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The Art of Interviewing: Do’s and Don’ts
Interviewing and selecting candidates poses one of the more difficult challenges employers' face. A skillfully conducted interview is an integral tool in the hiring process. On the other hand, a poorly conducted interview not only wastes the time of ...
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The Average Weekly Wage for Temporary Total Disability
Article provided by the Eley Law Firm. Please visit our Web site at www.eleylawfirm.com. Temporary total disability (TTD) is a type of benefit available to injured workers during the period of time they are recovering from a workplace injury or ...
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The Benefits and Potential Risks of Using Leased Workers
For a start-up business, as for an established business, the prospect of retaining leased workers holds both benefits and risks. A leased worker is an individual who provides services for a business, but who is an employee of, and is paid by, a ...
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The Big Three: Worker’s Compensation, ADA, FMLA
Until recently, employers could dictate their own policies and procedures regarding employee absenteeism, medical leave time, other needs for time off from work, and the effect of such leave time on an employee's job benefits and position. However ...
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