Legislative
Update
Hot topics in litigation from the legal perspective |
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Family and Medical Leave Act (Interference
as well as retaliation claims) |
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Retaliation claims (Lawsuits
based on retaliation for an employee's exercising any legal
right or complaining about any right or perceived wrongdoing) |
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Fair Labor Standards Act (Rise
in collective actions and claims based on denial of overtime
pay and misclassification of exempt and non-exempt employees) |
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Harassment Suits (Harassment based on
any legally protected classification) |
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Letters
to Congress / Re-certification Credits Awarded
Re-certification credit will be awarded for writing letters to Congress.
However, it will be one credit hour for four letters over a one year period,
for a maximum
of three credit hours over three years.
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Legislative
Issues
Information in the Legislative Update subsection is intended to bring you the
most current Federal and State of Tennessee legislation information.
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Write
your US Senators and / or Congressman
Important Legal Updates Featured by Jimmy
Patterson – Government Relations Chair
For more information, please e-mail Jimmy Patterson through Ogletree,
Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. at: James.Patterson@odnss.com |
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