COVID-19 Employment Guidance Available

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act goes into effect on April 2, 2020. This new law requires many employers to provide, for the first time, (1) emergency paid sick leave and (2) emergency paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. 

Business challenges in an economic downturn implicate various employment laws as employers consider remote work, leave policies, reduced hours, pay cuts, layoffs, and severance.

Employment challenges include how to handle safety and health, leave, accommodation, compliance with anti-discrimination and wage laws, and other employment issues.

Practice Areas
  • Discrimination, Harassment, & Retaliation
  • Training, Investigations, & Litigation 
  • ​​Wage & Hour​

Employment Law News

Lizzette Palmer is again included in 2019 Texas Super Lawyers in the area of Labor & Employment and, along with Palmer Law PLLC, is again included in U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Best Lawyers in America for employment law and "Best Law Firms" rankings for employment.  Compiled by Woodward/White, Inc.
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Lizzette Palmer lead the Houston Bar Association Labor & Employment Section from 2017-19. ​​
Cultivating Confidential Information in a Viral World” by Lizzette Palmer was published in the April 1, 2018 issue of Texas Lawyer.
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Lizzette Palmer presented trainings on "Workplace Investigations,”  "10 Common Mistakes Employers Make,” "Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act,” and "Employment Issues Related to Weather Disasters.”
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Lizzette Palmer presented in a panel discussion of "Holiday Parties Gone Wild: Cases and Ethical Considerations for Employment Practitioners."