US Jurisdictions

Texas

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  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Interviewing and Selecting Job Candidates: Texas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Texas laws applicable to employers when interviewing and selecting prospective employees. It covers acceptable and unacceptable interview questions, laws restricting certain types of inquiries, and how antidiscrimination laws apply during the interview and selection process.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Negligent Hiring: Texas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Texas law regarding employer liability for negligent hiring and negligent retention. It discusses how to minimize the risk of negligent hiring and retention claims through various forms of screening and covers legal limitations on these screening methods.

  • Type:
    Legal Timetable

    Negligent Hiring and Supervision Claims Limited Against Texas Employers

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Unemployment Insurance Tax (FUTA/SUTA): Texas

    This guide provides HR and payroll professionals with compliance guidance regarding the test for employee state unemployment insurance (SUI) tax coverage and what constitutes SUI taxable wages in Texas. It covers topics such as the taxable wage base, contribution rates, experience rating methods, SUTA dumping prevention, voluntary contributions, joint or combined accounts, quarterly reporting requirements, penalties for late filing, benefit overpayments, multiple worksite reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

  • Type:
    Letters and Forms

    Texas Employer's Report of Non-Covered Employee's Occupational Injury or Disease, DWC007

    As mandated by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, covered employers must file the Texas Employer's Report of Non-Covered Employee's Occupational Injury or Disease, DWC007.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Training and Development: Texas

    This guide provides HR professionals with information on mandatory training in Texas, including those pertaining to health information privacy.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Health Care Continuation (COBRA): Texas

    Texas law requires covered employers to provide eligible employees and dependents the option of continuing health care coverage under certain circumstances. This guide helps HR professionals understand requirements related to continued health care coverage.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    The Unionization Process: Texas

    This guide provides an overview of laws relevant to the unionization process in Texas. It includes information on the state's right-to-work status and employees' rights to organize and bargain collectively. It also covers union organizing regulations, including election procedures and requirements for labor organizers.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Taxation of Employee Benefits: Texas

    This guide provides HR and payroll professionals with compliance guidance regarding the tax treatment in Texas of salary deferrals to IRC ยง 125 cafeteria plans.

  • Type:
    Employment Law Guide

    Retaliation: Texas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of anti-retaliation protections under Texas EEO laws. It addresses what constitutes retaliation and the associated penalties and remedies for employers that engage in illegal retaliation.

Texas at a Glance

Local Coverage

Austin

Texas Employment Law Guide

At-Will, Contracts and Restrictive Covenants

EEO

Employee Benefits

Employee Leaves

Employee Management

HR Strategy, Management and the Law

Labor Relations

Organizational Exit

Payroll

Recruiting and Hiring

Risk Management - Health, Safety, Security

Types of Employers and Workers

Wage and Hour