by John Lawhorn | Jan 26, 2017 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
I am regularly asked by employees to review various types of employment contracts, including employee non-competition agreements. More often than not these employees are Tennessee residents who work in a Tennessee-based office (or home office) and whose job duties are...
by John Lawhorn | Nov 23, 2016 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
Public and private employers throughout the United States received an early holiday gift from a United States district court in Texas on November 22, 2016. As I have discussed previously in this blog, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued new rules...
by John Lawhorn | Oct 27, 2016 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
In August 2016, I discussed a recent decision of the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals which held “that Title VII does not redress sexual orientation discrimination.” As I mentioned in that post, the 7th Circuit’s decision was the first federal appeals court...
by John Lawhorn | Sep 27, 2016 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
As fall approaches, many employers are preparing to offer flu vaccinations to their employees. In most work settings, this is a voluntary benefit that employees may choose to accept or not, based on their own personal beliefs regarding such vaccinations. In the...
by John Lawhorn | Aug 29, 2016 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
I have posted twice since the beginning of this year [February 18, 2016] and [May 20, 2016] concerning upcoming changes in federal wage and hour laws. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees covered workers a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay at a rate of...
by John Lawhorn | Aug 15, 2016 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
In the last year, I have twice posted on the topic of whether federal statutory protections against discrimination on account of “sex” will be extended to claims of sexual orientation discrimination. [10/29/15 and 3/21/16 posts] This topic became a regular subject of...
