by John Lawhorn | Sep 2, 2020 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
On August 18, 2020, I posted a blog entitled “Are Parents of Minor Children Who Choose To Attend Remote K-12 Classes Entitled To Paid Leave Under The FFCRA?” At that time, I commented that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) had not yet to addressed the...
by John Lawhorn | Aug 18, 2020 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was passed in late March 2020, the nation was confronted with a fairly uniform new reality in terms of K-12 education. Both public and private schools across the United States closed their doors and quickly...
by John Lawhorn | Mar 6, 2020 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
As the Coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States employers are having to address a number of questions about managing and protecting their workforce. Included on the ever-growing list of items keeping managers up at night are concerns about...
by John Lawhorn | Sep 24, 2019 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
Employers subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) must allow covered employees up to 12 weeks of leave per year for certain needs, including the employees’ own “serious health condition.” The FMLA and its implementing regulations further provide that an...
by John Lawhorn | Aug 5, 2019 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
Over the last three years I have posted several times concerning efforts by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and private litigants to have federal courts construe federal statutory protections against workplace discrimination on the basis of “sex” to...
