Employment Law

There are many advantages to having a well drafted Employee Handbook. A straightforward, clearly written and well-organized Employee Handbook is the most effective way to communicate your company’s policies, procedures, and expectations to your employees. An effective Employee Handbook will also advise your employees of the consequences for failing to

FLSA investigations, audits, and claims can have a serious financial and time impact on an employer and therefore should be taken serious and aggressively defended. Lovein Ribman’s FLSA employment attorneys are well versed, tried, and testing in defending FLSA claims and assisting employers with responding to a Department of Labor

All employment relationships are contractual in nature, but most employers do not require their employees to sign a formal written employment agreement and instead rely upon an informal oral agreement. In most circumstances, an oral agreement for lower-level employees is sufficient; however, for at-will employees who will have access to

One of the most commonly misunderstood and litigated employment issues is whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor. The legal distinction is important, in that the employer-employee relationship imposes certain obligations on the employer under labor laws, employment tax laws, and pension laws. For example, generally employers

Lovein Ribman’s employment attorneys act as outside general counsel to businesses of all sizes across the state of Texas by helping them understand and respond to the day-to-day employment related issues that arise in running a business. Our employment attorneys are well versed in all aspects of Texas and Federal