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Paul N. Jones joins FGHW

September 6, 2019/in FGHW News /by fghlawlfg

Paul N. Jones, formerly General Counsel of the Texas Workforce Commission, has joined FGHW as a partner in employment law and litigation. Mr. Jones also practices in the niche area of obtaining and appealing denial of top secret federal security clearances. Paul has served in the legal departments of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. […]

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Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

City of Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

August 15, 2019/in Wage and Hour Law /by Henry Wehrmann

Chapter 20 of the Dallas City Code entitled Earned Paid Sick Time went into effect August 1, 2019. The provision requires employers to provide paid sick leave to workers. It applies to any private business (governmental employers are exempt) that employs at least one person either full or part time at a minimum of eighty […]

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Liza Farrow-Gillespie and Julie Heath named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas.

February 18, 2019/in FGHW News /by fghlawlfg

Congratulations to Liza Farrow-Gillespie and Julie Heath for being named by Texas Super Lawyers to its list of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas for 2019.

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Two Major Developments for Employers

April 12, 2018/in Uncategorized /by Julie Heath

New Tax Law Nondislosure Limitations An employer’s primary motivation in resolving an employment claim is to obtain the employee’s promise to keep the settlement and the allegations underlying the claim confidential.  The recently-passed federal tax law may interfere with an employer’s interest in maintaining the confidentiality of such agreements. In response to the recent “Me […]

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A big phish is in the water – BEC

March 11, 2017/in Training /by Liza Farrow-Gillespie

That flowery email from a Nigerian Prince who can’t spell has been supplanted by a far more dangerous phish — the Business Email Compromise (“BEC”). According to the FBI, in the past two years over 8,000 businesses, small and large, have been victimized by BEC attacks for combined losses of over $1.2 billion. What is […]

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New DOL Rule Suspended

January 23, 2017/in Wage and Hour Law /by Liza Farrow-Gillespie

A federal court in Texas has ruled that there is a substantial likelihood that a proposed new DOL rule that increases the threshold salary for exempt employees violates the law. Earlier this year, the Department of Labor published new rules, one of which raised the threshold salary for exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476. The […]

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New overtime rules

June 26, 2016/in Wage and Hour Law /by Julie Heath

The U.S. Department of Labor has published historic changes to the overtime rules that will make approximately 4.2 million currently exempt employees eligible for overtime pay. The new rule increases the salary threshold for employees who are exempt (not eligible to receive overtime) from $23,660 to $47,476. To comply with the new regulations, employers either […]

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Farrow-Gillespie & Heath LLP | Dallas, TX

Independent contractor status under scrutiny

August 1, 2015/in Independent Contractors, Wage and Hour Law /by Julie Heath

The Department of Labor has clamped down on its definition of “independent contractor,” declaring that most workers are “employees” under the law. Last month, the DOL issued its Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1, analyzing the FLSA’s “economic realities” test used to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor. According to the DOL, misclassification […]

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Exempt employee definitions may change

July 1, 2015/in Wage and Hour Law /by Julie Heath

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees who are “exempt” are not eligible for overtime payments. Employers are not required to pay overtime to an exempt employee, regardless of the number of hours the employee works.  Numerous categories of exempt employees exist, but three of the primary categories include employees in professional, executive, or […]

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Why should I train my workforce in employment law?

January 18, 2015/in Training /by Liza Farrow-Gillespie

When asked to identify the most frequent type of litigation pending against their company, 40% of findlaw.com survey respondents cited labor and employment cases.  According to the respondents, employers are subjected to the most monetary exposure by race, age, and wage-and-hour claims. Not coincidentally, the EEOC reported in its January 2012 Performance and Accountability Report […]

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Farrow-Gillespie & Heath LLP | Employment Law | Dallas, TX

EEOC settles genetic information discrimination case

January 18, 2014/in Uncategorized /by Julie Heath

The EEOC has settled its bid to ramp up enforcement of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). In 2013, the EEOC filed a class action suit against Founders Pavilion Inc., a New York rehabilitation and nursing facility.  According to the suit, Founders conducted post-offer, pre-employment medical exams of applicants, including a request for family medical […]

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  • Paul N. Jones | Employment LawPaul N. Jones joins FGHWSeptember 6, 2019 - 8:55 pm

    Paul N. Jones, formerly General Counsel of the Texas Workforce Commission, has joined FGHW as a partner in employment law and litigation. Mr. Jones also practices in the niche area of obtaining and appealing denial of top secret federal security clearances. Paul has served in the legal departments of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. […]

  • Liza Farrow-Gillespie and Julie Heath named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas.February 18, 2019 - 8:55 pm

    Congratulations to Liza Farrow-Gillespie and Julie Heath for being named by Texas Super Lawyers to its list of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas for 2019.

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