Category: Texas

Posted in Louisiana Texas

US Department of Labor recovers $1.2M in back wages for 599 home healthcare workers employed by four agencies in Texas, Louisiana 

The United States Department of Labor announced that it recovered $1.2 million in back wages for home…

Posted in Misclassification Texas

US Department of Labor recovers $178K in back wages for 27 workers of Houston employer who misclassified them as independent contractors 

The United States Department of Labor announced the recovery of $178k in wages for construction workers who…

Posted in Texas

Defining the Term Employee in Workers Comp Lawsuit

From Waste360, Barry Shanoff provides an excellent analysis and discussion of a case which focused on whether…

Posted in Arbitration Texas

Texas Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Agreement that was Signed Electronically

From JDSupra, Tiffany Cox Stacy and Patrick Maher discuss a recent case before the Texas Supreme Court…

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Posted in Texas

Texas Supreme Court Finds Injured Contract Worker Was an Employee for Workers’ Compensation Purposes

From Lexology, Abby Kotun and Paulo McKeeby discuss a recent case in which a staffing agency’s employee was found…

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Posted in New Mexico Texas

Directional Driller was Independent Contractor

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses a recent case in which a highly skilled directional driller was found…

Posted in Misclassification Texas

Business Groups Challenge Biden Administration’s Delay of Trump-era Independent Contractor Rule

From JDSupra, Allan Bloom and Eric Novak discuss a lawsuit brought by business groups that challenged the…

Posted in Arbitration Texas

Fifth Circuit Affirms Ruling That Parties Lacked Agreement to Arbitrate 

From JDSupra, Nora Valenza-Frost reports on a case in which there were conflicting terms relating to dispute…

Posted in Arbitration Texas

Employer’s Signature May Not Be Essential to Enforceability of Arbitration Agreement 

From JDSupra, Arnoldo Rodriguez discusses a unique case in which an employer did not sign an arbitration agreement…

Posted in Texas

Employee vs. Independent Contractor 

From Law.com/Texas Lawyer, Michael P. Maslanka discusses the ongoing struggle between protecting workers and allowing individual freedom…

Posted in Texas

COVID-19: Self employed Texans get some relief benefits

From The American Genius, April Bingham discusses opportunities for independent contractors to obtain benefits through Disaster Unemployment…

Posted in Texas

Texas Rule on “Gig Workers” Takes Effect

From Epstein Becker Green, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Greta Ravitsky, Kevin R. Vozzo, and Christopher R. Shur provide…