USERRA stands for the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, which is a federal Act that impacts employees in states across the country, including employees in the state of Texas. The Act was put into place in 1994 in order to replace the Veterans Reemployment Rights Act.

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The Womens Health and Cancer Rights Act is a federal Act that impacts employees in many states across the country, including many employees in the state of Texas. However, the Act does not pertain to all employees. In order for an employee to receive coverage under the WHCRA, the employee ... continue reading

The Family and Medical Leave Act is a federal Act that helps to ensure that employees can take time away from work if they need to care for a medical condition or for a sick or injured family member. However, according to the FMLA, pets are not considered to be ... continue reading

Employees in states across the country are entitled to learn about the labor laws that impact them by reviewing labor law posters that should be displayed in the workplace. These labor law posters should always be posted in areas of the workplace that are accessible to all employees at any ... continue reading

Discrimination based on sexual orientation is only illegal against civilian employees of the federal government, and in housing and employment within certain states like New Jersey. 

Texas, as well as many other states, does not have a law that makes discrimination based on sexual preference illegal.  Nor is there ... continue reading

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is a federal Act that is place in order to ensure that employees are not discriminated against based on their age. The Act does not cover all employees or employers, but because it is a federal Act, it may potentially cover employees and employers ... continue reading

Tenants in Texas sometimes have problems that require them to make a request to the landlord to break a lease.  Financial problems, illness or even job relocation are all reasons a tenant would want to break a lease but the landlord might not agree.  If a tenant can negotiate with ... continue reading

There have been some questions about which state laws to abide by if an employee works in Illinois, but the employer is located in Texas.  Typically, Illinois labor laws cover businesses that are located within Illinois.  As long as the employer has a branch within Illinois, the Illinois state laws ... continue reading