New Law Affecting Georgia Local Government Employers: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Local government employers in Georgia need to be aware of two new laws that will directly and indirectly affect their personnel practices going forward. The Pregnant Workers...
Effect of the Supreme Court’s Harvard/University of North Carolina Decision on State and Local Government Employers On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a consolidated opinion in the cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of...
Georgia Legislature Expands Retaliation Protection for Local Government Employees On April 4, 2022, the Georgia Legislature adopted HB 1390, thereby creating a cause of action for damages and other relief against certain local government employers who retaliate...
Federal Vaccine Mandates for Private Sector Employers September 10, 2021 On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Biden signed several Executive Orders as part of a new, six-part plan (“Plan”) to address the current spike in COVID infections, hospitalizations, and...
Congratulations to Our Georgia 2022 Super Lawyers We are very proud to announce the following Elarbee Thompson attorneys have been named to the 2022 Best Lawyers in America listing. William D. Deveney (2013) [5] Employment Law – Management R. Read Gignilliat...
Biden’s Executive Order Raises Concerns Over Non-Compete Agreements In the last year of his administration, President Obama issued a “State Call to Action on Non-Compete Agreements,” identifying those agreements as having “the potential to hold back wages and...
