Category: Employer Guide

Owning and operating a business in Dallas, Texas is a complex endeavor with countless laws and regulations to keep track of. However, ensuring compliance with wage, overtime, and equal pay laws is crucial for safeguarding your business from legal repercussions, as well as fostering a fair and productive work environment. That’s why...

Employee handbooks form the foundation of an employer-employee relationship. If you are a Texas employer and don’t have an employee handbook, now is the time to create one. If you do have a handbook, now is the perfect time to review it and ensure that it contains all required clauses under state...

Getting hurt on the job is no joke. In an instant, an employee’s life changes forever. In 2023 alone, Texas employers reported over 175,000 non-fatal injuries and almost 600 fatal accidents. These are lives and families permanently impacted. That is why employers have a...

The Front of the Class is a 2008 film, featuring the real-life story of Bradley Cohen, a man with Tourette syndrome who diligently pursued his passion of becoming a teacher and thereby defying the odds and challenges typically faced by individuals with Tourette syndrome. In the film, Mr. Cohen fought to get...

Under the FLSA, an employer may take a tip credit towards its minimum wage and overtime obligations. Any employer claiming a tip credit must ensure the employees receive enough tips from customers, and direct wages per workweek to equal at least  the minimum wage and overtime compensation required under the FLSA. Under...

Employee performance reviews are essential to improving productivity and morale in the workplace. Reviews should be conducted at a minimum of once per year, though today, more companies are finding it effective to provide reviews more frequently. 

Evaluations can focus on several different areas, but overall productivity, ability...

The best performance evaluation procedures embrace three crucial goals and three specific practices. Before diving in, we should address the proverbial elephant in the room. When someone seeks my professional guidance on implementing or modifying their employee evaluation procedures, the often felt but unspoken concern driving their circumspection is increasing the risk of...

Companies grow on the strength of their employees, but those who don’t receive effective feedback simply cannot be expected to do their best. Giving employee feedback isn’t easy — it may even be your least favorite part of being in management — since no one wants to be the “bad guy” or...

Receiving an EEOC charge does not mean your company violated the law.

Your company may receive from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) a notice of charge of discrimination. However, this does not mean that your company has violated the laws that EEOC enforces. 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is charged with ensuring that employees don’t face workplace discrimination. When an employee believes their rights have been violated, they can file an EEOC complaint.

This is a serious matter that no company can afford to take lightly. If your company receives an EEOC...