Clients of JQNLaw.com frequently contact us with issues related to their rights and duties under the Fair Labor Standards Act commonly know as FLSA. The link below is to the US Department of Labor. It contains quite a bit of…
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Basics
Clients of JQNLaw.com frequently contact us with issues related to their rights and duties under the Fair Labor Standards Act commonly know as FLSA. The link below is to the US Department of Labor. It contains quite a bit of…
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Basics
Clients of JQNLaw.com frequently contact us with issues related to their rights and duties under the Family Medical Leave Act commonly know as FMLA. The link below is to the US Department of Labor. It contains quite a bit of…
Are Non-Competes Enforceable in Texas?
When clients and friends approach me about problems they are having with non-compete agreements, I hear the same sentiments over and over again, “non-competes are not enforceable in Texas,” or that they are not enforceable because “Texas is a right-to-work…
Do I need an employee handbook? My first employee problem.
I love representing passionate, driven small business entrepreneurs. I see a lot of common patterns in representing them. Naturally, there is a tendency to focus all of their resources and energy on selling their unique products and services, and before…
When do I need an employment lawyer?
As small businesses grow, so do their needs. Often, business processes and equipment are upgraded, new space is leased or purchased, and employees are added. Each step will help your business grow, but they can also complicate the legal issues involved…
Looking Past the Corporate Fiction to Hold Business Owners Personally Liable
When a corporation is sued by a creditor, and the corporation has insufficient assets to cover the debt, the creditor may seek to disregard the corporate entity to get to the assets of the corporation’s owners, i.e., its shareholders. This…
