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costly business mistakes: unhappy employees

11/24/2020

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Employment law issues are among the main reasons small business owners find themselves in court.  The ordinary tasks of hiring and firing individuals, as well as the day-to-day requirements of employing people, expose business owners to a wide range of legal issues.

Many small business owners are not aware of the various local, state, and federal laws that apply to the employer-employee relationship.  The laws can be confusing because some don't apply to small employers, but it doesn't take many employees before a host of legal requirements do apply.  The exceptions are very limited.  

Unhappy employees or former employees will find time to study the laws and look for ways to exact revenge for what they may believe are slights or great injustices.  The best defense is to be proactive and assess the strengths and weaknesses of your employee relations.  Have a legal audit done and fix or improve any gaps your business may have.  The employment relationship is one of the most important relationships people have and the laws and regulations are constantly changing.  
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What's the law about employees voting?

10/20/2020

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Federal Law.  There is no federal law that requires employers to provide employees time off to vote in a national or state election, but many states have voting leave laws which regulate the amount of time permitted away from the workplace to vote, whether wages may be deducted, and which elections are subject to the requirements for voting leave.

Tennessee.  Tennessee requires private employers to grant time off to vote as follow:
  • Employers are required to provide employees up to 3 hours to vote, unless the employee has at least 3 consecutive hours of nonworking time during the time the polls are open.
  • The employer may specify the time during which an employee may take leave to vote.
  • Employers may not penalize employees for taking voting leave or deduct voting time from their wages.
Employees must apply for a voting leave absence before 12:00 noon on the day before the election.  See Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-1-106 for more information.  

Arkansas.  Private employers in Arkansas are required to schedule an employee's time on election days so that each employee has the opportunity to vote. See Arkansas Code § 7-1-102 for more information

Mississippi.  Mississippi currently has no voting leave laws for private sector employees.
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