LEGAL: How to get the most from your HR audit
Human resource audits are important, both to evaluate the effectiveness of a company’s HR function, and to ensure compliance with federal, state and local...
Legal Perspective: Workers’ Comp: how to deny a claim and make it stick
Often employers are confronted with situations in which an employee’s claim is either fraudulent or at least exaggerated regarding its severity
LEGAL: Policies against employee videos/recordings unlawful
Like many employers, your employee handbook may contain some version of the following rule:
Without prior management approval or consent, recording conversations, phone calls and...
VIEWPOINT: Cookeville Kmart’s departure a sad one
Earlier this week, I sat in my parked car and watched as a man in a cherry-picker worked to remove the remaining signage from...
LEGAL: Updates to Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Act
By Jeff Jones
Special to the UCBJ
Effective May 6, 2018, the Tennessee Department of Labor amended Regulations under the Drug-Free Workplace Act (“the Act”). Below are...
LEGAL: TN workers’ comp reform promises many employer-friendly changes
In 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted major workers’ compensation changes initiated by Gov. Bill Haslam and supported by the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce...