Stuart Jackson
Lowell In-Home Care Company Faces Racketeering Lawsuit for Alleged Workforce Misclassification
The lawsuit accuses Pinnacle In Home Care LLC of misclassifying its workforce to avoid mandatory employer costs that its competitors have to pay. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Law Firms Under Scrutiny: Legal Implications of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
Two Arkansas elected officials are warning companies that they could be breaking the law with their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But legal experts disagree. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
A Company Truck and the Cost of a Boy’s Death
The estate of an 11-year-old Arkansas boy killed when his stepfather crashed a company car has sued the company’s insurance carriers for payment of a $3.4 million judgment. read more >
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Unvaccinated Employees Sue Conway Regional
The suit could signal a trend of Arkansas lawsuits over employer vaccine requirements. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Arkansas Suing Over Biden Vaccine Mandate; Governor Says it Threatens Jobs
The Republican governor said the mandate will “create hardship on people, business and our efforts to get people back to work." read more >
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Sticking Points: Employers Caught in Vaccine Catch-22
Arkansas employers find themselves caught between federal mandates and a new state law. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Shots in the Dark (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
It’s only now, with hospitalizations at a pandemic high and deaths back on the rise, that we’ve seen Arkansas’ vaccination pace begin to quicken. read more >
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Employers and Vaccination Incentives (Stuart Jackson Commentary)
What should private businesses in Arkansas consider when offering incentives to employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations? read more >
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Murphy Arts District Sued by Former Employee
El Dorado Festivals & Events Inc. wants a judge to toss a lawsuit brought by its former executive, who said he shouldn’t have been terminated for being an alcoholic. read more >
Video: Can Employers Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Arkansas Business' Lance Turner talks to Stuart Jackson, a partner on the Labor & Employment Team at the Wright Lindsey Jennings law firm in Little Rock, about whether employers can require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine read more >
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Job Law Evolves as Reopening Begins
As COVID-19 has upended the economy and caused more than 100,000 deaths across the country, it also has altered employment law from safety to workers’ compensation issues. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Pandemics: Plan but Don’t Panic (Stuart Jackson Commentary)
With the flu season in full stride and the potential threat of the Wuhan coronavirus lurking, what should businesses do to ensure a healthy-as-possible workplace? read more >
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Update: Asa Hutchinson, Others React to DOJ Policy Change on Marijuana
The news may have some in Arkansas' burgeoning medical marijuana industry — and the employers who are trying to get handle on how the industry affects the workplace — wondering how it might affect them. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Stay the Course Despite Overtime Injunction, LR Employment Lawyers Advise
Local employment lawyers are advising their clients to proceed with any plans they made for implementing change in the U.S. Department of Labor's overtime rules, even though a federal judge in Texas has issued an injunction preventing the rule from taking effect as planned on Dec. 1. read more >
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Arkansas Hospitals Brace for New Overtime Regulations
The centerpiece of the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations raises the threshold of what salaried workers must be paid in order to qualify as an exempt employee. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Inside New Overtime Regulations, Traps to Avoid, How to Prepare (Stuart Jackson Commentary)
The U.S. Department of Labor published the final rule updating overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. More than 50,000 employees and their employers in Arkansas will be affected. Here's how to prepare. read more >
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