"Navigating COVID-19 HR Decisions" presented by Eric Ebbert and Ed Trent, Wimberly Lawson

Time for a break? Join us on April 23, as we launch our new interactive webinar series, TLC Business Break, hosted on Zoom and led by various members of our community. Each episode is designed to meet you where you are and to help you not only survive but thrive at work and at home amid the COVID-19 crisis. We will focus on relevant, critical work and life topics for family business owners and entrepreneurs with ample time for you to ask real-time questions during each presentation. So take a step back from the "crazy" and lean in with us during your lunch break over the next several weeks. Together, let's seek the perspective we need to rise above the disruption and go back to work stronger, more resilient, and on purpose.

On Thursday, April 23, we are honored to have Eric Ebbert and Ed Trent, Employment Attorneys with Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC, kicking off this series with important information and updates on HR issues due to COVID-19. Employees are a company's greatest asset, but the unfortunate reality is many businesses have had to make some difficult HR decisions over the past few weeks - and perhaps even more in the days ahead. Still, others of you may be wondering how you will ensure a healthy workplace when employees return to work.

During this presentation, Eric and Ed will help you navigate these HR decisions with clarity while discussing the following topics all businesses need to know about during the COVID-19 crisis: 

• Remembering the Big Picture during the Pandemic    
• The CARES Act (The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act)    
• The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) - Types of protected leave, eligibility, amounts, qualifications, and exemptions    
• Health Care Providers and First Responders    
• Small Business Exemption    
• Monitoring Illness in Workplace

Register now to learn how to remain compliant while doing your best to serve your employees during these uncertain times. 

Our Speakers: Eric Ebbert and Ed Trent

L. Eric Ebbert is a Member of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC, in the Knoxville, Tennessee office. He is licensed in both Tennessee and Florida. He practices in the areas of Labor & Employment law - management, business litigation, and health care liability.His emphasis on Labor & Employment law includes counseling and defending employers in state and federal courts and before government agencies under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act, and state employment laws; conducting high-level investigations; management training; and employment contracts. His litigation practice also includes real property, breach of contract, tort liability, products liability, and health care liability, as well as the full spectrum of business-to-business litigation. Eric has tried more than 30 cases, representing regional, national and multi-national companies, through all stages of litigation and appeals.Eric received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee, the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Tax Court. Since 2007, Eric has served as a member of the District Investigatory Committee of the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners. He is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations, a member of SHRM, and a member of the Board of the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc. Other associations, honors and awards... He devotes his personal time to family and church activities.

Edward H. Trent is a Member of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC in the Knoxville, Tennessee office of the firm, which he joined in 2011. His practice includes labor and employment law matters in both state and federal court and before state and federal agencies. Ed's broad range of experience includes jury trials in employment discrimination cases, including the defense of appeals before federal and state appellate courts, day-to-day preventative counseling and advice, training for supervisor and human resources personnel on managing the workplace and complying with federal, state and local employment laws and regulations. Ed also works with churches on child protection issues and employment law matters, and is actively involved with religious liberty issues. He filed an amicus brief in the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC, 132 S.Ct. 694 (2012), upholding the "ministerial exception" to the application of state and federal employment laws to religious organizations, in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, 1345 S.Ct. 2751 (2014), upholding the religious liberty rights of business owners in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's Contraception Mandate, and several other cases. Ed received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Florida and his law degree from Duke University School of Law. He has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court; Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee; Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida; the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court. Ed has an AV Preeminent® Rating - which is the highest possible rating given by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading independent attorney rating entity - and since 2011 he has also been recognized by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Employment Law/Management and Litigation/Labor & Employment. In 2016 Ed was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Employment Law/Management, Knoxville. Ed is also Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by The Florida Bar.