by John Lawhorn | Aug 7, 2015 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
Earlier this year I posted regarding an expanding collaboration between various state and federal agencies to combat misclassification of employees as independent contractors. This effort is being spearheaded by the US Department of Labor, which reports receiving...
by John Lawhorn | Jul 24, 2015 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
On June 25, 2015 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum to its regional and state enforcement offices announcing a new inspection emphasis for inpatient healthcare providers such as hospitals and residential care facilities. The...
by John Lawhorn | Jul 6, 2015 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v Hodges striking down state law prohibitions of same sex marriage and requiring states to recognize such marriages from other states will have some immediate impact in the workplace. That is...
by John Lawhorn | Jun 30, 2015 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
My final post in this 3 part series addresses non-competes from the employee’s perspective. I am regularly retained to review noncompetition agreements (“noncompetes”) by employees who were fired or resigned to accept another job. Unfortunately for many of them,...
by John Lawhorn | Jun 17, 2015 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
In my last post I discussed the differences between the various types of employment agreements designed to restrict an employee’s post-employment activities and identified the factors Tennessee courts analyze when determining whether to enforce a non-competition...
