Wells Fargo employees in the Houston area may have lost money in their retirement plans after stock prices in the bank declined. Employees who allege that Wells Fargo violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act have filed several complaints against the bank....
Year: 2016
Banning the box may cause discrimination
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...
Discrimination in the tech industry
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...
How the new FLSA overtime rule affects higher ed employees
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...
Diabetic employees fired for taking food from workplaces
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...
Implementation of new overtime rule delayed
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...
How to ensure equal pay for equal work
Equal pay for equal work may seem like a commonsense way to compensate employees. However, employers in Texas and elsewhere are proving that it is a difficult goal to accomplish. For example, Massachusetts women earn only 82 percent of what men earn while black and...
Court upholds company ban on dreadlocks
Texas employees may be interested to learn that a federal appeals court has dismissed a case against a business that decided not to hire a worker because she refused to get rid of her dreadlocks. The 3-0 decision effectively upholds that the company's ban on...
New overtime rules: How will they affect the hospitality industry?
The new overtime rules that go into effect on December 1 will affect many different positions in industries of all types. There are, however, some industries that will be affected more than others. These include retail, higher education and the hospitality industry....
Types of gender discrimination Texas workers may face
While discrimination against women in the workplace is often discussed, men also face problems when it comes to gender bias. When one man told his parents that he was going to be a nurse instead of a doctor, his parents started crying and starting to openly wonder if...