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 Daniel Zydel | Jun 19, 2020 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
Following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell–granting same-sex couples the constitutional right to marry—a related question remained: would gender identity and/or sexual orientation later receive protection from discrimination in employment under...
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...
by John Lawhorn | Jul 12, 2018 | EAST TENNESSEE EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVISER, EMPLOYMENT LAW
On July 1, 2017, over 130 new laws recently enacted by the Tennessee legislature became effective. One of those imposes new reporting requirements on employers in the healthcare sector whose licensed healthcare employees test positive on a drug test or refuse to...
