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San Antonio Employment Law
http://www.sanantonioemploymentlawblog.com
Discuss current state of law regarding employment issues, with an occasional post about the Iraq and Afghanistan war.
Recent Posts
Texas Supreme Court Overturns Another Jury Finding
The Texas Supreme Court has once again overturned a jury verdict and a successful appeal by a plaintiff. In Whirlpool, Inc. v. Camacho, Texas' highest civil court found deficient the testimony of an expert who testified that a fire was ca...
Good Summary on Non-Competes
Once again, Mike Maslanka writes a nice post, summarizing a complicated area of law. See his post summarizing the law on non-competes. Look at his summary near the end. You can successfully attack a non-compete agreement on va...
Employees Required to Check Work Email after Hours
Gene Lee writes a good post about whether workers should be paid for checking email after hours. More and more employees are being required to check their email after work. Accoding to a 2008 Pew internet survey, 50% of worker...
An Employer Cannot be an Ostrich in Response to Complaints
What happens when an employee complains about sex harassment and the employer does nothing? Well, in the case of Duch v. Jakubek, they get sued and lose. In a decision coming out of the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the c...
"Women-Hating" Dallas Fire Department
Aaron Ramirez, a plaintiff employment lawyer in Dallas, writes about the "woman-hating" Dallas Fire Department. The "D" magazine published an article with that just that title. He wrote about the sex harassment i...
Unemployment Down to 10%
For the first time in months, the national unemployment rate has dropped. Down to a "mere" 10%........ But, as the Workplace Prof mentions, that does not mean it will continue to decrease. In fact, it might well increase b...

