Business Resources
Human Resources FAQ

Employees vs. Temporary Workers
Getting Started: Posters, Forms, and Record Retention
Recruiting Your Employees
Hiring Your Employees
Insurance and Other Benefits
Payroll and Compensation
Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Retaining Your Employees
Employment Policies
Training Your Employees
Managing Your Employees
Claims of Wrongful Discharge/ Discrimination/ Harassment
Handling Soon-to-be Former Employees

 

Claims of Wrongful Discharge, Discrimination and Harassment

Why do I need sexual harassment training?
Learn what to do and how to do it.

What does it mean to be an employee at will?
Texas is an "employment at will" state, but what exactly does that mean? What are the exceptions to the employee at will doctrine?

How many employees must an employer have to be subject to the anti-discrimination statutes?
I've heard the magic number is 15, 20, or 50. Which is it?

What types of discrimination are prohibited?
Everybody knows about the prohibitions on race, sex, age, and disability discrimination. But what other types of discrimination are prohibited? Is discrimination based on sexual orientation against the law? A former employee has filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and/or the Texas Commission on Human Rights.

A former employee has filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and/or the Texas Commission on Human Rights. What should I do? Do I need an attorney?
The claim is completely bogus - won’t it just be dismissed? What should I expect from the investigation? The investigator wants me to answer a bunch of questions - do I have to respond?

The EEOC or TCHR investigator wants me to go to mediation. Should I go?
Learn about the mediation process and the pros and cons of agreeing to participate.

 
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