TB Robison Law Blog

Under Equal Employment Opportunity statutes, employees are permitted to engage in various “protected activities’ during their employment. Employers are legally prohibited from retaliating against employees who engage in a protected activity. What is a protected activity? Generally, the EEOC protects employees by giving them the right to complain of any illegal activity that occurs in the workplace.…

While work life and the work environment may look different currently in Texas and other states across the nation due to the spike in remote work, this does not change the legal protections enjoyed by employees. Specifically, state and federal employment laws protect employees from suffering from discrimination in the workplace. Thus, no matter the setting,…

Segregation is often thought of as something from a bygone era, a practice relegated to history. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, and employees can find themselves experiencing illegal segregation. State and federal law Discriminatory segregation is made illegal at the federal level by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and at…

Discrimination can take many forms, and the sad reality is that it has become so common in the workplace that many people shrug it off as if nothing terrible has happened to them. Don’t let that happen to you. If an employer has discriminated against you during any part of the employment process, from hiring…

There are all kinds of discrimination that can and does occur in the workplace. Discrimination based on gender, race, and religion get a lot of attention, but other forms of discrimination can be just as harmful. In fact, a lot of individuals find that they are passed over for jobs, demoted, or even fired simply…

You would think that with increased attention on sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace incidences of this type of egregious behavior would be nearly non-existent by now. However, the sad reality is that sexual harassment and sexual assault continue to pervade workplaces across our country. Those who have been subjected to such behavior need to…

The country has come a long way over the past 30 years since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Unfortunately, there remains a long way to go. Disability is still stigmatized, and the contributions of people with disabilities are underestimated and undervalued. In the workplace, many employers are likely to view an employee’s disability…

People in Texas have many different types of jobs and have many different responsibilities and earn varying incomes. However, everyone who works has something in common, they need to be able to physically and mentally perform the job requirements. People get sick or injured from time to time or they have family members who may…

For Texans who have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, it takes great fortitude to speak up. This is done knowing how it can negatively impact their future. Even though the #metoo movement and other public campaigns encouraging victims to be heard has resulted in progress, some still face retaliation on the job…

A new Texas law requires universities to issue reports at least once per semester about reports of sexual harassment and sexual violence on campus. The University of Texas at Austin recently released its first report. Among the report’s findings was the fact that the vast majority of reports went uninvestigated. Vast majority of harassment, similar…