Posts in Labor and Employment

Apr 12 Employers May Require COVID Vaccines, With Exceptions

As our labor and employment attorney to a local journalist, employers may require their employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. ...

Apr 23 Your Business Can Reopen, What to do to Avoid a Lawsuit

After spending nearly one month with doors shuddered, many Georgia businesses will be permitted to reopen on Friday, April 24 th ...

Apr 01 New Law Expands Paid Sick Leave for Employees

On April 1 st , Employers Must Provide Paid Sick Leave to Most Employees On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First ...

Mar 20 What to Know When Coronavirus Shuts or Closes a Business

Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is jolting the economy in Macon, all of Georgia, and everywhere for that matter. Many employers are ...

Apr 03 Are You Being Compensated Fairly for Your Hard Work?

You probably know that federal law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), requires employers pay employees overtime pay, or time ...

Mar 22 Cooper, Barton & Cooper Files Retaliation Suit on Behalf of Whistleblower

Cooper, Barton & Cooper is standing up for the rights of a Sumter County School District principal who was recently pressured to ...