By B. Alan Matthews March 16, 2022 Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” President Biden signed...

By Paula Jackson Oct. 25, 2021 (Updated Nov. 15, 2021) President Biden recently ordered federal employees and contractors to undergo...

By Paula Jackson October 26, 2021 (revised November 4, 2021) The EEOC recently posted guidance detailing how employers should handle...

By Paula Jackson October 1, 2021 Tennessee employers may assume they are insulated from COVID-19 related claims due to the passage of the...

By Paula Jackson September 20, 2021 The Department of Labor (“DOL”) is rescinding the Rule referred to as the “Joint Employer Status...

By Robert Turner August 20, 2021 On August 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision in Canaday v. The Anthem...

By Paula Jackson August 16, 2021 On August 13, 2021, OSHA revised its guidance for most employers due to the Delta variant of COVID-19...

By B. Alan Matthews July 21, 2021 On July 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish...

By Paula Jackson July 15, 2021 In April, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) partially implemented a Rule that regulates employers’ ability...

By: Paula Jackson April 8, 2021 The American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) mandates that employers or group health plans pay COBRA (or...

By: Debra D. Owen March 30, 2021 By U.S. District Court Order entered March 24, 2021, Cumberland County, Tennessee will pay $1.1 million...

By Paula Jackson March 23, 2021 The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“Act”) mandates that employers or group health plans pay COBRA (or...

By Paula Jackson March 15, 2021 The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently indicated that an employer could be potentially liable for sexual...

By Paula Jackson February 23, 2021 According to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, employers can potentially terminate employees with...

By Paula Jackson February 1, 2021 Lately, many businesses are faced with the tough decision of whether to down-size quickly to stay...

By Paula Jackson January 19, 2021 The Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,[1] which went into effect on January 1, 2021, provides...

October 30, 2020 By: Robert Turner With the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the United States, one of the most effective (and...

By: Debra D. Owen Date: September 10, 2020 The Gloucester County School Board announced on Wednesday, September 9, that it petitioned the...

By: Debra D. Owen Date: August 8, 2020 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, requires that public school districts...