Tim Garrett of Bass Berry will talk about the following changes in Tennessee employment laws will take effect July 1, 2014:

No individual liability of supervisors or managers in discrimination claims; only the employer can be sued for discrimination
Caps on non-monetary damages (pain, suffering, humiliation, embarrassment) in discrimination claims; caps do not limit back-pay or front-pay
Preemption of common law"whistleblower" claims; such retaliation claims can be brought only under the Tennessee Public Protection Act, with its "sole cause" standard
Clarifications that the Tennessee Disability Act, like the Tennessee Human Rights Act, applies to employer with eight or more employees and that a person cannot be pursuing two cases at the same time (one in state court and one in federal court) based on the same set of facts.

Comments from attendees:

"Very informative."

"Very thorough and timely. I appreciate the contrast of old law verses what took effect in July, 2014."

"This was a very good presentation. I enjoy listening to Tim Garrett so this was easy to get through, even though it was by video. Thanks for a good program. Thanks also for providing us a link to download the materials. Excellent."

"I found this to be a very good program. I especially liked the before/after format to discuss the changes."

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