Frost Domel PLLC

10/07/2022

I am honored to have been selected as a 2022 Texas Super Lawyer in labor and employment law for the fourth year in a row! Thank you to all my fellow attorney colleagues for your confidence in me, and thank you to all my friends and family for supporting my business. I couldn’t do it without you. 🙏🏽

05/08/2018

Good riddance!

Eric Schneiderman has raised his profile as a voice against sexual misconduct. Now, after suing Harvey Weinstein, he faces a reckoning of his own.

04/26/2018

Trane fired an employee for going home to get his inhaler? Yet another example of how treating others the way you want to be treated is the way for employers to avoid legal problems.

When the man told a supervisor he needed to get his inhaler from home - 3 miles from work - he was shown the door

04/17/2018

Kudos to CBS for creating a workplace council that will hear employee concerns. All relationships, including that of employer-employee, need attention to thrive!

Development comes months after Charlie Rose fired over a sexual harassment scandal at his eponymous program.

04/05/2018

An ex-NFL cheerleader has alleged discrimination because NFL has different rules of conduct for cheerleaders than for football players. As an employment lawyer, this case is very interesting to me. We normally see equality examined in areas of pay and benefits. I'm glad to see it examined with regard to rules of conduct as well. http://ow.ly/BZZ930jkN9k

NFL cheerleaders had to avoid making eye contact when walking by players and leave restaurants if players were dining there, according to a new complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

03/23/2018

Here is a blog I wrote about the myth of the "Superstar" harasser. Important info for employees and employers alike.

Welcome to Texas Business Matters! Today we talk about another commonly-held myth that prevents employers from acting on a credible claim of sexual harassment—specifically, that of the “Superstar” harasser. The “Superstar” harasser is an employee believed to be too valuable to terminate. T...

03/15/2018

Employers, for an example of how NOT to respond to reports of sexual harassments, see ESPN's "get used to it."

Former ESPN presenter Adrienne Lawrence has sued the sports network, saying it has a misogynistic and predatory culture and her contract was not renewed after she complained about sexual harassment by a male anchor.

03/05/2018

The Labor Board has ruled that Google's firing of the guy who wrote that women are not biologically suited for coding was legal. Note: employees' right to complain about the terms and conditions of their employment does not extend to conduct that could lead to a hostile work environment.

Adios, muchacho! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

Google released the former senior software engineer last August after he wrote a ten-page memo arguing that biological differences between men and women accounted for the gender disparity in software engineering.

02/14/2018

Have you ever wondered why some employers fail to hold sexual harassers accountable? They may believe this myth about sexual harassment.

Welcome to Texas Business Matters! Today we pause our blog series on non-compete agreements for a few words about sexual harassment and . Recently someone asked me: why do victims of sexual h…

02/06/2018

Important information on why people don't report sexual harassment. Employers should institute a process for reporting incidents and protect those who come forward.

Even with a good company culture, most women never report sexual harassment. Why? The odds are stacked against them.

02/02/2018

Employee in Texas. Employer in California. Which state's law governs the employee's non-compete agreement? Our latest blog post explains it.

Welcome to Texas Business Matters! This is our seventh blog in a ten-part series on non-competes. In our last blog in this series, we addressed which state’s law applies to a non-compete agreement …

01/10/2018

Google's former employee has filed suit, alleging he was fired for his political views. Political views are not currently a protected characteristic under employment laws. Should they be?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Google engineer fired for writing a memo questioning Google's commitment to diversity has filed a lawsuit alleging his ouster was driven by a corporate cult