Can an employee waive his or her right to receive overtime compensation?
But can an employer bypass this statute by requiring an employee to waive the right to receive overtime compensation? ``No,'' according to Dallas employment lawyer Keith Clouse; an employer cannot require an employee to waive his or her right to receive overtime compensation.
A temporary employee who died on the job can't be excluded from an employer's workers compensation policy, the Texas Supreme Court said in a ruling that reversed a $2.7 million liability judgment for the worker's family.