Houston Attorney Kevin Murray

Attorney's Profile

COLLEGE:
Rutgers College
LAW SCHOOL:
Texas Southern University
ATTORNEY SINCE:
1998
STATES ADMITTED:
Texas
PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil Litigation

Attorney's Videos

Am I eligible for COBRA if my company closed or went bankrupt and there is no health plan?
Employee Benefits Law

Am I entitled to have someone attend the meeting with me?
Wrongful Termination Law

Am I to be paid overtime for any time I work over eight hours in a day?
Employee Benefits Law

Are all employers covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
Wage and Hour Law

Are all employers covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)?
Employment Law

Are all employers required to give Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave?
FMLA Law

Are temporary employees able to file discrimination claims?
Employment Discrimination Law

Are there any time limits on when I must file a charge of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

Are there ever any exceptions to being an employee at-will?
Wrongful Termination Law

Besides hiring, what other aspects of the employment relationship are regulated by the anti-discrimination laws?
Employment Discrimination Law

Can a former employer inform a prospective employer about the reasons for an employee being fired?
Employment Law

Can an employee refuse to work because of certain conditions?
Employment Law

Can an employee’s pay be docked for failing to meet a production quota?
Wage and Hour Law

Can an employer ask a prospective employee about their illegal use of drugs?
Employment Law

Can an employer ever use race, gender, or age in employment decisions?
Employment Law

Can an employer find out if I was fired for theft?
Employment Law

Can an employer legally record phone conversations?
Employment Law

Can employees be given time off instead of paid overtime?
Wage and Hour Law

Can employers monitor their employees' internet usage or read their emails?
Employment Law

Can I be fired for any reason if I do not have an employment contract?
Employment Law

Can I be fired for requesting or taking Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave?
FMLA Law

Can I be turned down for a job for having a misdemeanor?
Employment Law

Can I do anything about untrue statements that my former employer made about me to a potential employer?
Wage and Hour Law

Can I receive unemployment benefits if I got paid through a 1099?
Employment Law

Can I recover punitive damages from my employment discrimination claim?
Employment Discrimination Law

Can I tape-record a company training meeting without permission?
Employment Law

Can leave be taken to care for children of any age?
FMLA Law

Can leave for childbirth or adoption be taken at any time?
FMLA Law

Can my employer fire me because of my religious beliefs?
Employment Discrimination Law

Can my employer hold my final paycheck until I return company equipment?
Wrongful Termination Law

Can my employer monitor my email or web use at work?
Employment Law

Do all employees need to have employment agreements?
Employment Law

Do all jobs have to offer disability for pregnancies?
Employment Law

Do employees have to be paid for travel time?
Wage and Hour Law

Do I need to get anything from my doctor to take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

Do managers have to be paid overtime?
Wage and Hour Law

Do the anti-discrimination laws protect only women and minorities?
Employment Discrimination Law

Do workers who receive tips also qualify for a minimum wage?
Wage and Hour Law

Does my employer have to give me severance pay when they let me go?
Wrongful Termination Law

How are overtime hours calculated?
Wage and Hour Law

How can I afford to hire an attorney for my discrimination case?
Employment Discrimination Law

How do courts measure emotional damages in employment discrimination cases?
Employment Discrimination Law

How do I apply for unemployment insurance?
Wrongful Termination Law

How do I file a charge of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

How do I know if my employer discriminated against me?
Employment Discrimination Law

How do I learn more about my state's employment laws?
Employment Law

How do you prove pretext in an employment discrimination case?
Employment Discrimination Law

How does a worker apply for unemployment benefits?
Wrongful Termination Law

How does the EEOC resolve discrimination charges?
Employment Discrimination Law

How is family member defined?
FMLA Law

How Is the 12-month period calculated under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

How long does it take to resolve a wage claim?
Wage and Hour Law

How many hours can an employer ask me to work?
Wage and Hour Law

How many hours of work per week is considered full-time?
Wage and Hour Law

How much leave does an eligible employee get?
FMLA Law

How much unemployment benefits can I collect?
Wrongful Termination Law

How often must I be paid?
Wage and Hour Law

How old does a minor have to be to work?
Wage and Hour Law

I am a federal employee. Can I receive benefits under COBRA?
Employee Benefits Law

I just found out that someone who was hired after I was is making more money than I am. Is that legal?
Employee Benefits Law

I quit my job because my working conditions were intolerable. Can I challenge my job loss as if I was fired?
Wrongful Termination Law

I was fired without cause. What are my options?
Employment Law

I was fired. When should I receive my final paycheck?
Employee Benefits Law

I was promised a raise three months ago but I have not gotten it yet. What should I do?
Employee Benefits Law

I was recently fired from my job without warning and with good performance reviews. Was this a wrongful termination?
Wrongful Termination Law

I witnessed illegal activities in my company. What should I do?
Whistleblower Law

If I am a state, county, municipal, or board of education employee, can I file a wage claim?
Wage and Hour Law

If I am pregnant, can I be fired if I had a weak or poor employment review?
Employment Discrimination Law

If I get laid off and a younger employee is kept, is that discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

If I inform on my employer, am I entitled to a reward?
Whistleblower Law

If my state's minimum wage is different than the federal minimum wage, which do I get?
Employee Benefits Law

Is an employer required to provide maternity, parental, or other leaves of absence?
Employment Law

Is either the employer or the employee required to give notice of termination?
Employee Benefits Law

Is family and medical leave paid?
FMLA Law

Is it discrimination if the employee next to me has a Bible on their desk?
Employment Discrimination Law

Is it ever acceptable for an employer to consider someone's disability during the hiring process?
Employment Law

Is it legal for an employer to charge a fee for taking court ordered child support deductions out of my check?
Employment Law

Is it legal for my employer to force me to stay later than my schedule says?
Employment Law

Is my employer required to give me a reason for firing me?
Wrongful Termination Law

Is my employer required to pay me for sick days, personal days, and holidays?
Wage and Hour Law

Is there a deadline for bringing an employment-related claim?
Employment Law

Must a company give a reason for not hiring, reassigning, failing to promote, or firing me?
Employment Law

Must all employers comply with all of the civil rights laws and protections against discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

Must employers pay minors or young workers the same minimum wage?
Wage and Hour Law

My company has a 401k plan. What is that?
Employee Benefits Law

My employer is making me take vacation time for my religious holiday. Is that discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

My employer is withholding my final paycheck. Can they do this?
Employment Law

No one admits that they discriminate. How can I prove my employer's motivation?
Employment Discrimination Law

What administrative body may impose remedies for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

What are false claims or Qui Tam laws?
Whistleblower Law

What are my options when I am being accused of sexual harassment?
Employment Law

What are my rights and remedies if my employer violates the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

What are the laws that protect people from employment discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What are the leave eligibility provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

What can I do if I think a former employer blacklisted me?
Wrongful Termination Law

What can the courts do to remedy my claim of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What circumstances will disqualify me from receiving unemployment insurance?
Wrongful Termination Law

What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace?
Employment Law

What damages are available in an employment discrimination case?
Employment Discrimination Law

What discriminatory practices are prohibited by the employment discrimination laws?
Employment Discrimination Law

What do employment-at-will and for cause mean?
Employment Law

What do I have to show to prove a prima facie case of employment discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What does at-will employment mean?
Wrongful Termination Law

What does it mean to be discriminated against at work?
Employment Discrimination Law

What effect does USERRA have on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requirements?
FMLA Law

What government agency handles issues of pensions and retirement funds, health and welfare plans, COBRA, and severance?
Wage and Hour Law

What groups or classes or people receive protection under the employment discrimination laws?
Employment Discrimination Law

What happens after I file a claim with the EEOC or with my local state anti-discrimination agency?
Employment Discrimination Law

What happens to my insurance coverage (health, dental, etc.) while I am on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave?
FMLA Law

What if both state and federal laws regulate my claim of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What if I move out of state to look for work. Can I still receive unemployment benefits?
Wrongful Termination Law

What if my employer retaliates against me for filing a claim of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What information must I provide if I file a charge of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is a protected class?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is a wage hearing?
Wage and Hour Law

What is a whistleblower?
Whistleblower Law

What is COBRA continuation health coverage and what does it do?
Employee Benefits Law

What is considered overtime?
Wage and Hour Law

What is constructive discharge in employment?
Wrongful Termination Law

What is intermittent leave and when can I take it?
FMLA Law

What is necessary for a person to prove that he or she has a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is promissory estoppel as it relates to at-will employment?
Wrongful Termination Law

What is public policy as it relates to at-will employment?
Wrongful Termination Law

What is sexual harassment?
Employment Law

What is the definition of a salaried employee?
Wage and Hour Law

What is the difference between an independent contractor and an employee?
Employment Law

What is the difference between an independent contractor and an employee?
Employment Law

What Is the EEOC and how does it operate?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
Wage and Hour Law

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
FMLA Law

What is the minimum wage in my state?
Wage and Hour Law

What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is unemployment insurance?
Wrongful Termination Law

What is unlawful employment discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

What is vicarious liability?
Employment Law

What is wage and hour law?
Wage and Hour Law

What is wrongful termination law?
Wrongful Termination Law

What laws protect whistleblowers?
Whistleblower Law

What laws regulate the health and safety of the workplace?
Employment Law

What notice must I give my employer before taking Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave?
FMLA Law

What notice must my employer give me about my Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rights?
FMLA Law

What part of FICA does the employer pay?
Employment Law

What protections are there if I alert the authorities that my employer is cheating on Medicare or Medicaid?
Whistleblower Law

What protections are there if I alert the authorities that my employer is cheating on taxes?
Whistleblower Law

What protections are there if I alert the authorities that my employer is engaging in discrimination?
Whistleblower Law

What protections are there if I alert the authorities that my employer is engaging in fraud?
Whistleblower Law

What questions cannot be asked during an interview?
Employment Law

What should I do if I feel my company or employer has workplace hazards?
Employment Law

What should I do if my boss or company is not paying me all of my money?
Wage and Hour Law

What should I do if my employer treated me as an independent contractor when I should have been an employee?
Wage and Hour Law

What topics can be discussed if my boss wants a meeting to investigate problems at my job?
Wrongful Termination Law

What types of damages can I recover for age discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

When can an individual file an employment discrimination lawsuit and what are the remedies?
Employment Discrimination Law

When does an employer have to pay overtime?
Employment Law

When I return from family or medical leave, will I have the same job?
FMLA Law

When may I initiate an employment discrimination lawsuit in court?
Employment Discrimination Law

Who can be discriminated against at work?
Employment Discrimination Law

Who can file a charge of discrimination?
Employment Discrimination Law

Who is a similarly situated employee?
Employment Discrimination Law

Will I lose my health insurance while I am on family or medical leave?
FMLA Law

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Kevin Murray, LLC
http://www.murrlaw.com/

1776 Yorktown Street, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77056

(713) 636-5456

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