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Legal Links And General Information
Sources
Employment Issues
Disability Issues
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, click on disability.
- Advocacy,
Inc.: Information on legal rights and
social service providers for persons with disabilities,
including employment, health care, housing,
transportation, and more. Visit http://www.advocacyinc.org/index.htm.
Check out the links section for additional help.
- Texas Workforce
Commission: Information on Americans
with Disability Act, age discrimination, national
origin discrimination, pregnancy discrimination,
religious discrimination, race/color discrimination,
sexual harassment, applying for unemployment
benefits, appealing a denial of benefits, wage
claims, searching for a job, getting child or
elder care, employee rights, and more. For discrimination
fact sheets, visit http://www.twc.state.tx.us/, click on Job Seekers and Employees, click on
civil rights and discrimination, click on employment
discrimination fact sheets, click on ADA.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on the Americans
with Disability Act, employee rights, employer
responsibilities, and job accommodations, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on disability resources,
click on the needed topic.
- U.S. Equal
Employment Commission (EEOC): Information
on employment rights of disabled persons, including
frequently asked questions and reasonable work
accommodations for disabled persons. Visit http://www.eeoc.gov/,
click on disability under discrimination by
type.
Discrimination
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, click on employment discrimination.
- Advocacy,
Inc.: Information on legal rights and
social service providers for persons with disabilities,
including employment, health care, housing,
transportation, and more. Visit http://www.advocacyinc.org/index.htm.
Check out the links section for additional help.
- Texas Workforce
Commission: Information on Americans
with Disability Act, age discrimination, national
origin discrimination, pregnancy discrimination,
religious discrimination, race/color discrimination,
sexual harassment, applying for unemployment
benefits, appealing a denial of benefits, wage
claims, searching for a job, getting child or
elder care, employee rights, and more. For discrimination
fact sheets, visit http://www.twc.state.tx.us/,
click on Job Seekers and Employees, click on
civil rights and discrimination, click on employment
discrimination fact sheets, click on ADA.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on equal employment
opportunity laws prohibiting certain types of
discrimination in the workplace, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on equal employment opportunity,
click on the needed topic.
- U.S. Equal
Employment Commission (EEOC): Information
on discrimination, visit http://www.eeoc.gov/,
click on discrimination by type, click on needed
topic. Also has information on how to file a
discrimination claim as well as information
on discrimination laws and regulations.
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, click on family medical leave
act.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on FMLA, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on leave benefits, click
on family and medical leave.
Health Insurance and Other Benefits
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, click on fringe benefits/pensions/health
care.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on health care
benefits, retirement benefits, leave benefits,
and other benefits such as flexible schedules
or life insurance, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, scroll down and click on needed
topic.
Termination of Employment
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, wrongful termination.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on termination
of employment, plant closing/layoffs, severance
pay, veteran’s reemployment rights, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on termination, click
on the needed topic.
Note: If claiming wrongful termination, see also
disability and/or discrimination subtopics. Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
unemployment benefits. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on public benefits, click on unemployment
insurance.
- Texas Workforce
Commission: Information on applying for
unemployment benefits, appealing a denial of
benefits, wage claims, searching for a job,
getting child or elder care, employee rights,
civil rights and discrimination. Visit http://www.twc.state.tx.us/,
click on Job Seekers and Employees.
Wages, Hiring, & Employment
Practices
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, wrongful termination.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on wages, minimum
wage, overtime pay, back pay, holiday pay, garnishment
of wages, and more, visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on wages, click on the
needed topic. For information on hiring practices,
including drug-testing, affirmative action,
and foreign labor, click on topics, click on
hiring, click on needed topic. For information
on agricultural employment, door-to-door sales,
child labor, hazardous jobs, entertainment industry
jobs, newspaper delivery and the Fair Labor
Standards Act, click on topics, click on youth
& labor, click on needed topic.
Worker’s Compensation
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
workers compensation. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on public benefits, click on worker’s
compensation.
- Texas Department
of Insurance: Information on worker’s
compensation benefits, frequently asked questions,
finding a doctor, injured worker’s forms,
injured worker’s rights and responsibilities,
safety violation hotline, and returning to work.
Visit http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/wc/indexwc.html,
click on needed topic.
Working Conditions
- TexasLawHelp.org: Information on various legal topics, including
work-related issues. Also available in Spanish.
Visit www.TexasLawHelp.org,
click on work, Occupational Heath and Safety.
- U. S. Department
of Labor: For information on occupational
health and safety, drug-free workplace, mine
safety, whistleblower protection, youth health
and safety, and worker’s compensation,
visit http://www.dol.gov/,
click on topics, click on workplace safety and
health, click on the needed topic. For information
on agricultural employment, door-to-door sales,
child labor, hazardous jobs, entertainment industry
jobs, newspaper delivery and the Fair Labor
Standards Act, click on topics, click on youth
& labor, click on needed topic.
Attorney Referral Sources
- Lawyer Referral
Service of Central Texas: Provides referrals
to attorneys in central Texas. The referral
service is free. The attorneys will charge for
their services. If you are low-income and need
help with a family law matter or will, you might
qualify for referral to an attorney who has
agreed to take cases at a reduced rate. Visit www.austinlrs.com or call (512) 472-8303 or toll-free at (866)
303-8303.
- State Bar
of Texas: Statewide referral service.
The referral service is free. The attorneys
will charge for their services. Visit www.texasbar.com and click on Additional Information for the
Public, then click on Selecting a Lawyer, then
click on Lawyer Referral Service. Or call toll-free
at (800) 252-9690 or (877) 9TEXBAR
- Legal Aid
Offices: For very low-income individuals
who cannot afford an attorney only. For a list
of organizations providing free civil (not criminal)
legal assistance in each county in Texas, please
visit www.texaslawhelp.org,
click on Legal Aid Directory in the top blue
bar, then click on the By Service Area tab,
and then click on your county.
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