Texas Employment Law. Volume 1

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary Sections
• About the authors
• Contributing authors

Part I. The employment relationship

• Employment relationship defined
• Written employment contracts
• Wrongful discharge
• Constructive discharge
• [Reserved]

Part II. Pre-employment issues

• The hiring process
• Immigration-related employment practices
• [Reserved]

Part III. Employee compensation, safety and benefits

• Wages, hours, and overtime
• Employee safety and health
• [Reserved]

Part IV. Records, rules, and policies

• Internal investigations
• Arbitration of employment claims
• Employee records
• Employer rules and policies

Part V. Discrimination in employment

• Employment discrimination law-overview & history
• Texas commission on human rights act: procedures and remedies
• Sex discrimination
• Sexual harassment
• Disability discrimination
• Race discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Discrimination based on national origin, religion, and other grounds
• Family and medical leave act
• Retaliation
• [Reserved]

Part VI. Workplace torts

• Privacy issues in the workplace
• Defamation in the workplace
• Other workplace torts
• Discrimination claims under labor code chapter 451
• Protection of business interests
• Whistleblower protection under sarbanes-oxley

Part VII. Special issues relating to government employers and government contractors

• Texas whistleblower Act
• [Reserved]

Part VIII. Selected litigation issues

• Ethical dilemmas
• Taking the case
• [Reserved]
• Discovery
• Summary judgment practice
• Index