Blog Posts in 2019

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Can Employers Mandate Measles Vaccinations? May 20, 2019
The recent measles outbreak has many workers concerned – both whether they are at risk for contracting the disease and alternatively, whether they may be forced by their employer to get a vaccine. The ...
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The FLSA requires employers to provide breast-feeding women time and place to pump milk May 2, 2019
According to recent employment law news, a company has settled a Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) lawsuit based on a woman being denied adequate time and place to express milk. Federal employment law, ...
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Buckley Beal Attorney Thomas Mew Promoted to Partner April 9, 2019
ATLANTA (April 9, 2019) – Buckley Beal, one of Atlanta’s leading employment and business litigation law firms, recently named Thomas (Tom) Mew as the firm’s newest partner. He will be joining Buckley ...
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Mediation Lessons from the Cockpit - Facilitative versus Evaluative April 2, 2019
Both facilitative and evaluative styles of mediation have their place, but, to me, there’s a danger of always being indirect and facilitative. In a stressful mediation, facilitative comments may be ...
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AM I ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY FOR MY “SIDE-JOB”? March 22, 2019
More and more workers in the United States moonlight or have “side gigs” (i.e. jobs outside of their standard employment as a way to earn extra cash). Much confusion exists over what, if any, benefits ...
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WAS COBB COUNTY SCHOOLS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JOB TRANSFER RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED? March 22, 2019
Controversy began over implementing Yoga to promote calm among students A currently pending case has raised the question whether a school teacher’s transfer was motivated by the Cobb County school ...
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