By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. In the last two years, intern class actions have exploded across the country. Generally, these class actions claim that employers violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) when they fail to pay their interns. As of May 2014, only one court has […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
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By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. The NLRB has announced it will decide whether employers must permit employees to use workplace email for union purposes. This week, the Board issued a notice and invitation to file briefs in Purple Communications, Inc. (Bogas, Oct. 24, 2013), a case in […]
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Houston is the last major city without its own local anti-discrimination law. But that may soon change. Next week Mayor Anise Parker is going to place before the City Council a proposed ordinance that would ban discrimination based on sex, race, color, ethnicity, […]