February 10, 2012
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The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled on a workers’ compensation coverage issue. Port Elevator-Brownsville, L.L.C. v. Casados, No. 10-0523 (Tex. Jan. 27, 2012), available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/historical/2012/jan/100523.pdf. The plaintiffs’ son suffered a fatal work-related injury while working as a temporary worker for Port Elevator. The plaintiffs did not seek workers’ compensation benefits from Port Elevator’s […]
January 7, 2012
/cdklawyers.com// 01/07/2012
No employer wants to litigate a case involving the theft of its trade secrets, but employees can and do walk away from companies with confidential information. To avoid these situations, an employer must take steps to protect its valuable information. Doing so may prevent an employee from stealing confidential information; if not, it will […]
January 6, 2012
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Keith Clouse, a Dallas lawyer who specializes in employment law, drafts and reviews many employment agreements for physicians. Mr. Clouse believes that a doctor must carefully consider certain provisions before signing a proposed employment contract. For example, a doctor must consider:
• Whether the term of the contract is long enough to allow the doctor to […]
December 30, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 12/30/2011
Keith Clouse, a Dallas employment law specialist, has drafted many employment agreements for executive-level employees. He has reviewed and revised even more. One contractual provision that some executive clients may overlook is the term of employment.
This contractual provision may provide that the executive is to be employed indefinitely, meaning that either party can terminate […]
December 23, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 12/23/2011
Many companies are scrambling right now to get through the busiest part of the year and to resolve end-of-year financial issues. That said, this time is ideal for a company’s human resources team to review the company’s employment files, policies, and practices and to make changes for the upcoming year.
The human resources team should […]
December 15, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 12/15/2011
The United States Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws that cover workplace activities for approximately 10 million employers and 125 million workers.
A few of the most commonly applied laws administered by the Department of Labor include:• Fair Labor Standards Act. This law prescribes standards for wages and overtime pay and […]
December 4, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 12/01/2011
Employment law attorneys frequently include non-disparagement clauses in settlement agreements that resolve litigation between employers and former employees and in severance agreements between employers and departing employees. In a typical non-disparagement clause, one party agrees not to make any statements, either written or verbal, that disparage or criticize the other party.
In agreeing to a […]
November 26, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 11/26/2011
The US News & World Report published an article recently regarding workplace myths. Keith Clouse, a Dallas attorney who specializes in employment law, provides further insight into these myths.
Among the myths that are “busted”:• Employees have legal recourse for unfair treatment. Fair or not, according to Mr. Clouse, as long as an employer does not […]
October 29, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 10/29/2011
The National Labor Relations Board recently postponed the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule by more than two months. The new implementation date is January 31, 2012. Since this rule applies to most employers, Dallas employment law specialist Keith Clouse suggests employers review this information.
The NLRB notice advises employees of their rights under the […]
October 21, 2011
/cdklawyers.com// 10/21/2011
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued a press release detailing its National Universal Agreement to Mediate with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. The press release is available at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-27-11.cfm. More than 200 national and regional private sector employers, including several Fortune 500 companies, have entered into similar mediation agreements with the EEOC. […]
