Obtain Disability Benefits with the Top Attorneys in Waco: Wash ThomasA person qualifies for Social Security Disability insurance claim if the person is completely unable to work due to a particular health reason for at least a period of one year or is suffering from a terminal illness.RECENT EMPLOYMENT LAW CASES OF INTERESTThis discrimination and retaliation suit involves allegations of same-sex harassment and bullying by female coaches in the girl’s athletic department at a San Antonio middle school.After the Texas Supreme Court Case of B.C.
vs. Steak N Shake, Should a Sexually Assaulted Employee File with the TWCCRD First?we should look at the two cases, beginning with the Waffle House case.
The case involved a sexual assault by a co-worker.
The Court recognized that the employee had a valid cause of action for common-law assault against the co-worker.RECENT FEDERAL & TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW CASES OF INTERESTThe ecclesiastical abstention doctrine stands for the proposition that the First Amendment prohibits civil courts from exercising jurisdiction over matters concerning theological controversy, church discipline, ecclesiastical government, or the conformity of the members of a church to the standard of morals required of them.Employee Nose-Rings, Employers, & ReligionI was in a store recently and the young lady checking out had a ring in her nose through the lower center septum.
Now, In my practice, I represent employees who have been discriminated against by employers.Sexual Harassment Defenses Under Ellerth/Faragher Supreme Court CasesIn an employee’s sexual harassment suit against a school board under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, there was a factual dispute as to whether the board was entitled to immunity under the Ellerth/Faragher defense from liability for alleged harassment by a purchasing department supervisor while the employee worked in that department.
