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Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Payment of Commissions When Agreement Is Silent

June 2, 2022

Via: SHRM

For many years, an oft-litigated question concerned whether a former employee was owed the commissions on sales made prior to the employee’s discharge from employment. Sometimes employment agreements were clear on the issue, such as by providing unambiguously that commissions […]


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Employee Fired After Telework Request Loses Discrimination and Retaliation Claims

January 18, 2022

Via: SHRM

A program review specialist for the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) could not establish disability discrimination or retaliation when she was fired a year after her request to work remotely due to medical issues, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of […]


Research

Texas Legislative Update for Employers

September 15, 2021

Via: SHRM

Over its regular and two special sessions, the Texas Legislature has passed several bills that are or soon will be in effect and will impact employers’ workplace policies and procedures. Additional special legislative sessions yet may be held and, with […]


Research

Feds Pursue Fraud Claims Against PPP Recipients

September 15, 2021

Via: HR Hero

To help struggling businesses needing immediate access to cash during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in 2020. Some companies, however, didn’t use the […]