Emily Howard is a labor and employment litigator with measured experience in litigation and administrative complaints arising out of complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodation, FMLA and FLSA (and Texas state law counterparts). Additionally, she assists clients in responding to employee complaints to the EEOC, TWC, OSHA and NLRB, including preparation of position statements. Emily also counsels employers on a wide spectrum of employee-related issues, including personnel training and workplace investigations, performance management and discipline, and employee leave (FMLA/ADA) and separation matters (including WARN Act). Emily also works on a variety of contractual matters, including preparing employment, severance, arbitration and independent contractor agreements, employment applications, employee policies and employee handbooks/manuals as well as conducting employment-related due diligence and preparing representations and warranties and employment-related forms and agreements in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Emily has been Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2021.
Emily Howard is a labor and employment litigator with measured experience in litigation and administrative complaints arising out of complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodation, FMLA and FLSA (and Texas state law counterparts). Additionally, she assists clients in responding to employee complaints to the EEOC, TWC, OSHA and NLRB, including preparation of position statements. Emily also counsels employers on a wide spectrum of employee-related issues, including personnel training and workplace investigations, performance management and discipline, and employee leave (FMLA/ADA) and separation matters (including WARN Act). Emily also works on a variety of contractual matters, including preparing employment, severance, arbitration and independent contractor agreements, employment applications, employee policies and employee handbooks/manuals as well as conducting employment-related due diligence and preparing representations and warranties and employment-related forms and agreements in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Emily has been Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2021.
Employment-Related Disputes
Lead Associate in:
OSHA Matters
Employment Agreements/Contract Disputes
Transactional Matters
Emily is well versed in the numerous issues stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as the recent Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by OSHA, vaccination and mask mandates and reasonable accommodations, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), stay-at-home and related orders.
She is knowledgeable about their impacts on employers, employees and independent contractors, including critical infrastructure and essential services determinations, paid and unpaid leave, layoffs, pay reductions, reduced hours, furloughs, downsizings, expanded unemployment, and their interaction with numerous local, state and federal laws and regulations. Many of these issues have significant interactions with employee benefits, tax, Small Business Administration and other issues, where we collaborate closely with our colleagues experienced in those practice areas.