The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2023 (PWFA) is intended to fill some gaps left by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The PWFA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers for any known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the [...]
Layoffs are an unwelcome fact of life in today’s economy. Nobody likes being laid off, but it’s worse when you think you were unfairly let go because of your age. Age discrimination, like other forms of discrimination in employment, is illegal in Texas. Proving age discrimination is difficult, but it isn’t impossible. We’ll review what [...]
A hostile work environment is more than a triple-digit temperature day in Dallas. It’s more than just disagreeing with a co-worker over what radio station gets played in the shop that afternoon. A hostile work environment is behavior so intimidating and pervasive it makes it impossible to do your work on a daily basis. And [...]
Refusal to Accommodate High-Risk Pregnancy Resulted in Loss of Twins, Lawsuit Claims HOUSTON — Employment law firm Jackson Spencer Law has filed a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Trinity Services Group, Inc. and TKC Holdings, Inc. on behalf of Sherri Denise Collins of Houston. The defendants, which provide food services to correctional institutions, refused [...]
‘Maybe Having a Kid Wasn’t the Best Choice for You,’ Supervisor Told Him Employment law firm Jackson Spencer Law filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Corporation in the Western District of Washington at Seattle on behalf of Dion Johnson, a U.S. Army veteran. The lawsuit alleges that Johnson was discriminated against and retaliated against for his [...]
On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a big win for workers and workplace equality, making it easier for workers transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims (including those based on sex, race, religion or national origin) under Federal Civil Rights law. This also includes instances where [...]
Getting a rejection email from a job application hurts, but if you’re denied a job-or even denied an interview-because of your race, age, gender, or religion, you may have just encountered hiring discrimination. Hiring discrimination laws protect applicants, not just employees, but it can be difficult to recognize this subtle and common form of discrimination. [...]
If you’re not a member of a protected class, can you still file an EEOC claim? The short answer is yes, but there are some things you should know first. In this article, we’ll discuss what protected classes are and when you can file a claim even if you aren’t being targeted because of your [...]
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling expands the rights of military and veteran employees who may have faced discrimination while employed by state governments. In Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 142 S. Ct. 735 (2021), the Supreme Court ruled that state employers can’t use sovereign immunity to avoid complying with a military anti-discrimination [...]
Workplace conflicts are an unfortunate part of being in the professional world. Some conflicts, however, are more than just a clash of personalities. In some cases, the treatment by a co-worker or supervisor is patently unfair, and possibly even workplace discrimination. If you are facing unfair treatment at work — even if it’s not legally [...]
Jackson Spencer Law is pleased to welcome Allayna Ford and Areesha Hemani as the newest [...]