News

What is a Severance Agreement? A severance agreement is a legal contract between an employer and a departing employee that outlines the terms of separation, including any post-employment compensation or obligations. These agreements are often presented at the end of employment—whether due to layoffs, restructuring, or mutual separation—and typically include a release of legal claims […]

Severance pay might seem like a take-it-or-leave-it offer, but often times it’s not. If you’ve been offered a severance agreement, don’t assume the terms are final or that signing quickly is in your best interest. Depending on the circumstances of your termination, you may have significant leverage to negotiate better terms. Why Severance Agreements Exist […]

WHAT IS A NON-COMPETE? A non-compete clause is an agreement in a job contract that stops an employee from working for a competitor or starting a similar business, usually in the same area (and sometimes not), for a certain period of time after they leave the job. The Federal Trade Commission reports that about 30 […]

Within the realms of employment and health insurance coverage lies an important statute—the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act—which is typically referred to by its commonly-known acronym, “COBRA.” The COBRA law protects employees by providing for continued health insurance coverage after their employment ends or changes. Knowing your COBRA rights is important so that you do […]

If you have been injured on the job, you need to take specific steps to protect your legal rights so you can recover maximum financial compensation for your damages. While many employers choose to subscribe to Workers’ Compensation insurance, in Texas it is not mandatory. Your employer may be a non-subscriber with private insurance or have no insurance at all.

When a lawsuit involves multiple parties, it can be filed as a class action or a mass tort. A class action has one plaintiff who represents the entire group and everyone in the group obtains the same financial (or other) recovery. A mass tort, on the other hand, is a consolidation of individually filed cases into one court in order to make the litigation process more efficient. Although the plaintiffs in a mass tort are part of a group, each person’s case is still handled individually and each person’s recovery can be different based on the facts of their case.

Towards the end of last year, Moderna and Pfizer developed vaccines for coronavirus. Now that the technology exists, the challenge at hand involves distributing the COVID-19 vaccine across the nation. Employers should take advantage of this time to ascertain that their vaccination programs will be federally and state-compliant.