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Posted by Adrian Acosta | Feb 27, 2023 | Adrian Acosta, Employment Law
The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) was enacted to “provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.” Tex. Lab. Code § 21.001. Accordingly, it...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Acosta | May 23, 2022 | Adrian Acosta, HR Law, Labor and Employment
Texas is booming. As of 2022, Texas had 89,600 more jobs than it did before the onset of the pandemic. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate steadily declined from 5% in October 2021 to 4.4 % in...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Acosta | Mar 14, 2022 | Adrian Acosta, COVID-19, Labor and Employment, Remote Work
March 12, 2022 marks the second anniversary when the National Basketball Association first canceled games because of COVID-19. In the two years since, there have been waves of COVID. Just last year, President Joe Biden made a...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Acosta | Oct 25, 2021 | Adrian Acosta, COVID-19, Labor and Employment
On September 26, 2021, the NBA denied Andrew Wiggins’ religious accommodation request to be exempt from taking the COVID-19 vaccine. After being denied, Wiggins stated his “[b]ack is up against the wall, but I’m just going to...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Acosta | Mar 22, 2021 | Adrian Acosta, Coronavirus, Human Resources, Labor and Employment
On March 2, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order (GA-34), which went into effect on March 10, 2021, lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities to 100%. When...
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