Houston job seekers may be interested in some statistics on ban the box policies, which aim to reduce job discrimination against people with criminal records. According to some researchers, these policies may actually increase job discrimination against certain...
Texas residents may be surprised to learn that some experts say that discrimination in widespread in the tech industry. According to the founder of Digital Sisters and Stop Online Violence Against Women, problems often start when employers scan potential candidates...
If you have been following recent news about updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act, you know that changes to overtime rules are coming. The new rules increase the rate under which an employee must be paid in order to be eligible for overtime pay. While this is...
People in the Houston area who suffer from diabetes have to pay careful attention to what they eat. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two disability discrimination cases on behalf of diabetic employees who were fired for allegedly stealing food...
Many workers in the Houston area are able to increase the size of their paychecks by working overtime hours. Federal wage and hour laws require employers to pay workers one and one-half times their regular hourly pay for all working hours that exceed 40 hours for one...
