As we explained in a previous update, which you can access here, on April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule governing the minimum salary required for employees to qualify for certain exemptions from the overtime pay obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (the…
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As we discussed here, in April of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a final rule (the “Rule”) that would have, among other things, created a near total ban on any new non-competition agreements between employers and employees and would have rendered most existing non-competition agreements unenforceable upon…
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Two Attorneys Listed as “Lawyer of the Year” Twelve Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® August 15, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that sixty-three of its attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025. Additionally, two attorneys from Trenam have…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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