Month: February 2019

Texas Overtime Laws – What You Need to Know

What are the Texas Overtime Laws? I get calls all the time from people wanting to know more about the overtime laws in Texas.  The answer is both simple and complex –…

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Nurses sue for mandatory meal breaks, alleging unpaid OT

Nurses are beginning to file suit against hospitals because of mandatory meal period deductions. Nurses are being docked pay because of hospital policies that fail to properly compensate non-exempt nurses for work…

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Texas court refuses to enforce arbitration provision in overtime suit

A federal court in San Antonio recently refused to enforce an arbitration provision in an overtime lawsuit filed by nurses against their former employer.  Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants failed to pay their…

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Are security guards owed overtime pay?

Security guards frequently work long hours and are often classified as independent contractors and paid a flat hourly rate or day rate, regardless of the number of hours they actually work in…

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Court allows whistleblower’s retaliation claim to move forward

A federal judge has denied a company’s request to dismiss a retaliation claim filed by a former employee under the False Claims Act.  In Forsythe v. National Health Corporation, a former physical…

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