Last month, the Labor Department of the White House announced the expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act to include gay employees.  This change will require U.S. employers to give gay employees the same twelve month period of unpaid leave to help a sick or injured family member that straight employees have had since the act was created in 1993.

 Brian Moulton of the Human Rights Campaign stated, "It's a small step, but it's an important one".

In order to qualify under the FMLA, you must have worked for a company for at least 12 months and for at least 1250 hours in that time period.  

If your employer is not following the FMLA, contact the Houston Family and Medical leave attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042 to learn more about your rights.

The number of people filing claims for jobless benefits rose last week. According to a Labor Department report, the number of jobless claims increased to $460,000. 

A number of these claims came from people in Texas who were laid off in finance, service, and manufacturing jobs. While the filings nationwide increased, the national unemployment rate remained steady at 9.7%. 

If you believing you have been wrongfully fired from your job, contact the Houston wrongful termination lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042. 

While previous economic data indicated that Texas lost 276,000 payroll jobs in 2009, that original estimate may have been 53,000 short of the actual number. According to a report released by the Texas Workforce Commission, last year's job losses in 2009 totaled about 329,000. 

The revision is not unusual, as such reports often revise their figures as a result of surveys. Much of the extra reported loss likely occurred in Dallas and Houston.

If you believe you have been wrongfully terminated, contact the Houston wrongful termination lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042.

Many organizations implement a system of internal controls to prevent fraud. However, these controls often contain deficiencies that miss certain frauds.

To compensate for these deficiencies, companies partially rely on their employees to detect fraud. For this reason, companies implement whistleblower procedures so that employees can report the fraud to the proper authority and not fear punishment. 

If you suspect fraud in your company and have questions about your whistleblower protections, contact the Houston employment lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042.