On January 9, 2024 the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule on the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Among other things, the FLSA requires employers to provide their non-exempt employees with minimum wage for all hours…
January 3, 2023 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that forty-eight of its attorneys have been recognized as Top Lawyers 2024 by Tampa Magazine. During the fourth quarter of 2023, Tampa Magazine mailed close to 11,000 surveys to Florida Bar attorneys in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties. During the peer…
Since 2019, numerous state legislatures and municipalities have enacted forms of CROWN Act legislation. CROWN is an anti-discrimination principle that stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” and variations of the CROWN Act have been introduced to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles or hair textures historically…
You may not think that you can be liable for the treatment of the employee(s) of another company, but under certain circumstances, you could be. Companies may not realize that, legally, they may be deemed to be the employer of individuals who are formally employed by another entity. That concept…
Under federal law, employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for every employee as part of the verification of the employee’s authorization to work in the United States. Historically, this meant employers were required to verify an employee’s eligibility by physically inspecting the employee’s authorization documents, while the employee…
On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., in which the NLRB adopted a stricter legal standard for evaluating the lawfulness of workplace rules and policies under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Although many employers may think of the NLRA as…
By Alicia H. Koepke On August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its proposed rule that would significantly increase the minimum salary to be paid to certain employees for those employees to remain exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)….
Fifty-One Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Four Attorneys Listed as “Lawyer of the Year Eleven Lawyer List as “Ones to Watch” August 17, 2023 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that fifty-one of its attorneys have been listed in The…
Examining the impact on employee rights and employer disciplinary measures Highlights: The NLRB has expanded the interpretation of Section 7 rights under the NLRA, encompassing protected workplace discussions and communications with third parties. Recent NLRB rulings have declared broad non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions in separation agreements as unlawful under the…
Independent contractors are excluded from the National Labor Relations Act’s (“NLRA”) protections, which include the right of covered employees to form and join labor unions and engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. On June 13, 2023, the National Labor…
