Winter 2021: Employment and Labor Law

Features

Employers

Remote Work Best Practices (And Cautionary Tales)

By Roscoe Mutz

The COVID-19 pandemic (and related shelter-in-place orders) caused additional employers to explore and quickly implement remote work options for their workforce. Employers should remember to follow general best practices (and avoid the cautionary tale situations).

Employers

Implementing Workplace Accommodations During COVID-19: What Employers Do and Don’t Have to Do

By Janelle Edwards-Stewart

In the era of COVID-19, accommodations are no longer exceptional arrangements made to assist a handful of workers with disabilities. When faced with record numbers of accommodation requests or when attempting to resume onsite operations while a significant proportion of employees seek to remain offsite, what is an employer to do?

Labor & Employment

Wage and Hour Compliance in the Wake of COVID-19

By Adam D. Fuller

Wage and hour rules and compliance has been thrust into the limelight with the COVID-19 pandemic. With salary and duties being reduced and nearly half of the U.S. workforce working from home, it is important to be vigilant about maintaining your overtime exemptions and tracking employee’s time. Mistakes can lead to costly individual and class wage and hour claims.

Legislative Update

Legislation & Lobbying

California Enacts Flurry of Legislation to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

By Russell S. Buhite

To address the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic in California, Governor Newsom recently signed a flurry of September 2020 bills aimed at protecting workers in the state from health and economic risks and rendering economic aid to small businesses affected by the crisis.

Book Review

Professional Development

Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters

Reviewed by Andrea Kotrosits

Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters, edited by Robert L. Gardana, suitable for any attorney with a base knowledge of maritime and admiralty law, is a resource that provides more than just useful information about damages in maritime cases. It provides a starting point and background information on many maritime topics.

Did You Know?

Legislation & Lobbying

Legal Cannabis in Review: 2020

By Lisa L. Pittman

Mainstream acceptance of cannabis legalization continued its upward trajectory in 2020, with over two-thirds of Americans supporting legalization. The Cannabis Law & Policy Committee recently drafted several resolutions to alleviate obstacles cannabis businesses face due to federal illegality, such as banking, being advised by an attorney, and social justice issues.

Insurance

Insurtech Concepts: Big Data

By Christine Spinella Davis

The second article in a series discussing insurtech and its impact on commercial and personal insurance programs and risk management analysis, this piece focuses on the field known as “big data” and describes what big data is and its impact on the insurance industry and consumers.

Leadership Development

When I Was a New Lawyer: Briana Montminy

By Briana Montminy

Briana Montiny, of Burr Forman, in Nashville, Tennessee, shares words of wisdom and reminisces about when she was a new lawyer.

What's New at TIPS

Leadership Development

Meeting Round Up: TIPS Virtual Fall Meeting

By Gail Vaughn Ashworth

TIPS kicked-off the first Virtual Fall Meeting October 7-9, 2020 in just about every state and three other countries. An impressive number of registered attendees Zoomed in for the Fall Meeting from their homes, offices, backyards, cars, and many other interesting locations.

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