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Can Your Employees Claim Religious Exemption from a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy?

Although most employers were hesitant to implement vaccine mandates following the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, the still-surging pandemic, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, has caused many companies...more

Protecting Employers From Liability for Certain Non-Malicious Statements Made About Employee Performance, Discipline or...

In an opinion issued in May 2020, the Tennessee Court of Appeals provided guidance regarding the application of the common interest privilege and its impact on defamation and invasion of privacy claims within the employment...more

LGBTQ Status Now Protected by Title VII

Employers must now treat an individual’s LGBTQ status no differently than those other criteria protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In a landmark civil rights decision issued on June 15, 2020, the United...more

Ramping Up to Return to the Workplace in the “Post” Pandemic Environment

As employers look to transition workers back into the workplace as stay-at-home orders and other business restrictions expire, many considerations exist, legal and otherwise. These considerations have become more immediate...more

The Supreme Court Concludes that Title VII’s Charge Filing Requirement is not Jurisdictional

On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that the requirement set forth in Title VII to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that a plaintiff must first exhaust her administrative remedies with the EEOC before filing suit is...more

D.C. Circuit “Refines” the NLRB’s Joint Employer Test

In a 2-1 decision issued December 28, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) determination that both an employer’s reserved authority...more

Butler Snow: Workplace Vol. 2014 No. 1

Senate Bill 815, referred to as the “Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013” (ENDA), passed the Senate on November 7, 2013. The bill had bipartisan support with 64 Senators (10 Republican) voting in favor and 32 opposing...more

ATM Accessibility Class Actions Make Their Way to Middle Tennessee

On August 5, 2013, seven class action lawsuits were simultaneously filed against separate banks and credit unions in Middle Tennessee, alleging that the defendants’ ATMs failed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities...more

Employers Are Provided Additional Ammunition To Defend FLSA Collective Actions

We have understood for many years that early assessment and action can help resolve claims by current and former employees. The Supreme Court recently provided employers with additional ammunition with which to derail, or...more

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