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Paying Employees for Jury Duty
Image via Wikipedia The rumors surrounding employers’ obligations to pay employees for time spent away from work, serving on a jury, abound. Many employers assume that they are responsible for paying...
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Company Not Liable for “On Call” Employee’s Accident
Our own Render Freeman and MJ Blakely were featured in a recent Fulton Daily Report article for their recent winning Georgia Supreme Court argument in the case of Hicks v. Heard, No. S09G1508. The...
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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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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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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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