Houston is one of the few major cities in the country without a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Neither federal nor Texas law includes such a protected category, however, other Texas cities such as Austin and…
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Cozen Issues Labor Alert on NLRB Approving Unionization of College Athletes
As a follow up to the previous blog post, my firm Cozen O’Connor has issued a Labor Alert on the recent news story involving the NLRB allowing college football players to unionize. The full alert can be found here. About…
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New Trend in Overtime Suits – HR Managers?
On January 10, a federal judge in Florida certified a nationwide collective action against Lowe’s Home Centers. If the story stopped there, it would be unremarkable since virtually every large company has been hit with wage and hour suits in…
The 2013 Observer is Here
Each year, my firm’s labor department issues a client report analyzing all of the important legal developments which impact employers, as well as taking a look ahead to upcoming issues. The 2013 version of that report is now available and…
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Obamacare Versus Volunteer Fire Departments
Among all of the myriad problems with the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) is a little publicized issue which could devastate volunteer fire departments across the country. Since the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare is a “tax” and the IRS…
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Fifth Circuit Rules Class Action Waivers Are Lawful
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court with jurisdiction over Texas) struck a blow to the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to outlaw mandatory class action waivers for employees. On December 3, 2013 the Court over-ruled the…
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Posted in Labor & Employment, Uncategorized, Wage and Hour
Driving To Perfection
It is not every day that you have a client who writes a book. I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered over the Thanksgiving holiday that Brian Fielkow, owner of Jetco Delivery in Houston, has written a book on leadership…
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Guns in the Workplace
In today’s Wall Street Journal, there is a great article about guns in the workplace cheap nike air max trainers. The article also happens to contain a quote from Jeff Pasek, one of Cozen’s labor and employment attorneys in Philadelphia. …
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