A couple of weeks ago, we discussed an interesting pension move that Texas-based AT&T was asking federal officials to allow, and now this week news has broken about another telecommunication's company and its pension plan. In a federal court in Dallas yesterday,...
Month: November 2012
Judge to sexual harassment plaintiffs: turn over Facebook logins
As the way people communicate with each other continues to evolve, courts and lawmakers have struggled to keep up with corresponding laws. Cell phone records, emails and Facebook posts are being pulled as evidence in more and more legal cases in Texas and across the...
Texas-based AT&T tries to make ERISA-barred pension move
Employees of AT&T, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, may have heard that their pension plans could soon change quite dramatically. Last month, AT&T asked the U.S. Department of Labor to allow it to put newly-created shares of its stock into the...
Houston firm settles disability discrimination case
A Houston-based defense contracting firm has settled a disability discrimination case with one of their former employees and the EEOC. The lawsuit alleged that the firm wrongfully terminated the employee, who was considered disabled but never offered any...
Texas law: employers must give workers paid time off to vote
Election Day is just around the corner now, but because there has been so much public encouragement about voting early, many people here in Houston may have already voted. For those who have not voted yet, the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Many...