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All of us feel the tension between work and family life. At some point, you or a family member will face a serious health condition,
John Wenke explores the issues of discrimination that arise in the workplace and discusses the many facets of various cases heard around the nation in the Texas Workers Rights Blog.
All of us feel the tension between work and family life. At some point, you or a family member will face a serious health condition,
According to the American Staffing Association, U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.32 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter
Texas, which continues to lag behind most other states in workers’ rights, enacted a new law effective September 1, 2015, which provides some working moms
I don’t think anyone would fault the way Kelsey Nobach handled the unusual request she received at work on September 19, 2009. Nobach, a nursing
The El Paso Times has reported that the CEO of an El Paso public hospital was publicly challenged on apparent inconsistencies he made regarding a 2014 layoff
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided the highly anticipated case of Peggy Young v. UPS, and addressed the unresolved question of whether pregnant employees are
CorpCar is a limousine service in Houston, Texas, and 75% of its chauffeurs are African-American. In the spring of 2009, several black employees requested time
In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act (or the Texas “Anti-SLAPP” statute). This law was designed to protect against SLAPP (Strategic
Three Waco police detectives were accused of falsifying time sheets, two white detectives, and Allen Thompson, an African-American detective. The department reinstated all three, but
Edward Lane was the director of an underprivileged youth program operated by a community college in Alabama. Lane discovered that Suzanne Schmitz, an Alabama State
John Wenke is an Employment Law Attorney practicing in the area of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and sexual harassment. Mr. Wenke represents employees in Texas and New Mexico, including but not limited to El Paso, Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Pecos, Marfa, Alpine, Presidio, and Del Rio.