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…
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…
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…
On May 11, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 252 (2023), “[a]n act relating to protection from discrimination based on health care choices.” SB 252 went into effect on June 1, 2023, and codifies COVID-19 related restrictions imposed on Florida employers similar to those enacted in 2021, which expired…
On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) dealt the latest in a series of blows to employers’ ability to enter into and maintain non-compete and other restrictive covenant agreements with their employees. Attempting to enforce non-compete covenants and other restrictive…
Employers conducting background checks on their applicants or employees must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The FCRA requires, among other things, that employers provide applicants or employees with certain disclosures and obtain authorization prior to obtaining background checks on them; provide additional disclosures prior to taking any…
