Workplace Discrimination

You should be able to go to work each day without concern for how you’ll be treated by your employer and your co-workers. Yet, if you’re like thousands of other workers in America, then there comes a point where you’re subjected to workplace harassment. And when this...

You deserve to be safe at work, free from harassment and discrimination. Yet, all too often employers fail to protect their employees, leaving their workers fearful, anxious and intimidated. When this happens, you can be put at risk of an adverse employment decision...

Although there’s been an increased focus on minimizing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace, it continues to pervade work environments in the Houston area. When you’ve been subjected to sexual harassment, you need to be prepared to act. Don’t make the...

Everyone should know that sexual harassment isn’t to be tolerated in the workplace. Yet, on a daily basis, Texans are subjected to inappropriate jokes, comments, sexual advances and sexual assault that render their workplaces dangerous. Sometimes this harassment also...

Workplace discrimination is endemic across Texas and throughout the United States. On a daily basis, workers are treated unfairly because of their status in a protected class, such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, and pregnancy. If you’re one of them, then you know...

You deserve to be safe in your place of work. This means that you shouldn’t be subjected to discrimination or harassment, and when you are, your employer should step in to protect you. But when they don’t, which happens all the time in the Houston area, your career,...

Employment discrimination can quickly derail a career that’s taken years to build. It can also prevent you from getting your career off the ground. Both outcomes can negatively impact your emotional and psychological well-being while also cratering your financial...

For disabled workers, securing and maintaining employment can be tough. Yet, with the implementation and utilization of the Americans with Disabilities Act over the last several decades, many Americans feel like things have gotten better for disabled workers. Although...

For disabled people who are employed or are looking for employment in Texas, it can be a difficult journey. While employers are required to treat everyone equally, there are often stigmas attached to those who have some form of disability and it can hinder their...

If you are employed in the state of Texas and are being sexually harassed at work, your employer is legally required to take appropriate action to address the issue. Federal sexual harassment laws generally apply to employers with 15 or more employees. However, under...