Tag: employment

Good Documentation HELPS Promote Winning Results If you’ve ever attended an employment-law seminar or talked to an employment-law attorney, then you know the importance of policies and procedures. Equally important is communicating your policies and procedures to your employees and enforcing them consistently. But without documentation, none of this really matters. Doing everything the right […]

Under T.C.A. § 50-6-241, employees with disability awards limited by a post-injury return to work may have those awards reconsidered if their employment ends within 200 to 400 weeks of their return to work date (depending on injury date and body parts involved).  A recent decision clarifies when the 200- to 400-week period begins.

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court released its highly anticipated decision upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (the “Healthcare Act”) passed by Congress in 2010.  Now that the Court has spoken, employers should consider the compliance issues required by the Healthcare Act.  Three critical issues for employers are […]

Employers may now have an easier means to defend unemployment benefits claims and prove an employee’s reason for termination. The Tennessee Legislature has recently amended the evidentiary rules for unemployment benefits hearings. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-7-304(f), employers can present personnel records and other business records as proof of an employee’s misconduct, even though […]

When is your employment law case most likely to settle in mediation? An old adage says there are two sides to every argument. It is never more true than in employment-related matters. So, the initial question is not about demonstrating a winning set of facts or an irrefutable legal argument. The question is about timing […]

Initially scheduled for implementation in November of 2011, the NLRA posting requirement was postponed until January 31, 2012, due to a number of legal challenges. Now at the request of the federal court in Washington, DC, the NLRB has agreed to further postpone the effective date. The new effective date for the NLRA posting requirement […]

On June 7, 2011, Governor Haslam signed into law the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act (“Act”). This Act requires all employers in the state, both public and private, to provide evidence that they are only hiring and employing persons who are legally in the country. Employers can satisfy the requirements of the Act by performing one […]

On July 1, 2011, Tennessee’s workers’ compensation drug-free workplace presumption was amended, strengthening the authority of drug testing when denying the compensability of a workers’ compensation claim.

This Employment Law Alert contains: Worker’s Compensation Update: Benefits Available To Unathorized Workers Before Purchasing Other Companies, Employers Should Consider Past Workers’ Compensation Claims View Employment Newsletter Fall 2009 Issue.

This Employment Law Alert contains: Don’t Get Bitten By The New “Cobra” Supreme Court Expands Employer Liability for Retaliation Under Title VII   View Employment Newsletter Spring 2009.

The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was recently signed into law and will go into effect January 1, 2009. It significantly expands the reach of the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to include more individuals with less severe impairments. Although the ADAAA retains the ADA’s definition of disability, it expands the terms used […]