Since our last update Texas employers have been confronted with mixed messages on the vaccine mandate. Let’s try to catch up here. Putting politics and science aside we have a conflict between Governor Abbot’s executive order (no vaccines) and the various executive orders from President Biden that are still running through the courts.
It’s tough to keep up to date in Texas when it comes to mask/vaccine mandates. We have the interplay of federal/state and local laws and regulations and needless to say on top of the requirements we have a little politics sprinkled on top. So if you are a Texas employer or employee what are the
Back in 2015 there was a lot of publicity about a non-compete Jimmy John’s was implementing for its sandwich makers. Here is what I said back then:
“When news of the Jimmy John’s non-compete came out last October my concern was the impact it would have on businesses with legitimate non-competes. There is
Over the last few months I’ve started following Formula 1 Racing. There are fast cars with interesting personalities and races all over the world including Austin, Texas in October. It is also a very expensive sport backed by big brands and wealthy people. Without getting into the nuances of race car driving (I couldn’t
We’ve now been in the midst of this global pandemic since March (give or take a few weeks) and we have a little more runway to look at the state of employee movement. It seems that most folks fall in three categories in terms of the Coivd impact on their job: (1) looking for a
Yesterday Judge Jenkins entered a revised stay at home order – March 29 Dallas County Order – that impacts the way construction companies in Dallas County do business. Some highlights:
We need to reset the way we consider non-compete duration and scope. Instead of conceptualizing the duration of a non-compete in terms of “how long” the better approach is “how short.” The same is true for the subject matter of the non-compete – make it narrow. What is the objective of a well written
As the New Year begins a couple of things to consider:
Employers don’t spend enough time considering their non-competes. That’s an overly broad statement, but it is usually the rule not the exception. The reason that happens kind of makes sense. Most employers haven’t been down the road of enforcing a non-compete. The provision at issue may be a one-off that’s included in one employment agreement
Over the past few months we’ve been tracking the interplay between various Texas cities (San Antonio – Dallas – Austin) and the Texas legislature. The aforementioned city councils adopted in similar form and fashion mandatory leave policies for employees within city limits. The Dallas version provides for the following: