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DEALING WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE – POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Recent statistics regarding substance abuse in the workplace, available on the federal Department of Labor website, suggest that there is a general downward trend in the use of certain illegal drugs...
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Case Update: Hicks v. Heard Fuel Co.
As promised in an earlier post, below is a summary of our recent Georgia Supreme Court case of Hicks v. Heard Fuel Co. et. al SO9G1508. Render Freeman and M.J. Blakely, Jr. successfully represented Ms....
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Why Your Business Needs an Employee Handbook, and What Should be in it
There are a lot of good reasons given to small businesses for adopting an Employee Handbook. Unfortunately, most of the reasons given fall into the “non-urgent” or “unnecessary expense” category. For...
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Using Your Handbook to Make the Most (or the least) of the Statutory Burdens...
If the first purpose of an Employee Handbook is to reduce risk by taking advantage of the legal safeguards afforded to employers by law, the second is to make sure that one that the employer minimizes...
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Some Final Thoughts on Employee Handbooks
In writing an employee handbook which will help to give your company the greatest advantages that it is entitled to, extreme caution must be exercised to avoid creating contractual rights for employees...
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Negligent security claims may be dead in Georgia. What about negligent hiring...
In a recent opinion, the Georgia Court of Appeals has decided that a jury may assign a “percentage of fault” to parties and non-parties even where the injured victim is not even claimed to be...
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HRMA Seminar: Employee Handbooks – Why Your Company Needs One & What Should...
Join Eadaoin Waller of our corporate department on January 26th and learn more about employee manuals through a seminar with the Human Resources Management Association of the Gwinnett Chamber of...
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Employee Covenants: Protecting Business Property
Many businesses go to great lengths to protect their property against theft and unauthorized use or disclosure—they run background checks on employees, install keypads and other controlled-access...
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Employment Law 101 – For Georgia Businesses
A client with a new software business approached us recently for some general employment advice. With a startup company, he didn’t have the benefit of a human resources professional, or even a personal...
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Cost-Effective FLSA Compliance
We all know that under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt workers should be paid for all work hours, including time spent on tasks which may be outside of their core employment...
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Congratulations to ATC’s 2013 Georgia SuperLawyers and Rising Stars!
Congratulations to our own Tom Andersen, Tom Tate, Jim Joedecke, Amy Bray, and Liz Clack-Freeman for making the 2013 SuperLawyers list for the State of Georgia. Matt Reeves and Trinity Hundredmark...
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Prescription Drugs in the Workplace – Employee Privacy, Safety and the ADA
Here are some scenarios that we hear about frequently: “I know my employee is taking prescription pain medication (after his surgery/because of a rumor I’ve heard/because he told me he was). I’m...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act – a Formidable Opponent to Employers
Recently, a client approached us after losing his job as a cashier at a convenience store. He contended that he had been terminated over religious differences with his boss and coworkers. Our client...
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ATC is Proud to Announce Eadaoin Waller Named Partner
Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. is proud to announce that Eadaoin Waller has been elected by the shareholders as a partner in the firm. Brad Carr, head of the firm’s corporate department, said:...
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Are you ready for December 1?
It’s no secret, by now, that December 1 will usher in the application of the “Final Rule” – the increase of the minimum salary payable to “exempt” employees from $455 per week to $913 per week. In...
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