Paul E. Prather

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Paul E. Prather represents management exclusively in all areas of employment and labor relations, including state and federal employment litigation and in administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States Department of Labor.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

COVID-19 - What’s Ahead for Legal Compliance, Preparing for the Coming Wave of Legal Claims

  • November 2, 2020
  • Tennessee State SHRM Conference

Cutting Edge Solutions for Turbulent Times in HR

  • August 11, 2020
  • 2020 SHRM Legal Day Conference

Inclusion in 2016: Pregnancy, Religious and LGBT Accommodations

  • March 15, 2016
  • 2016 SHRM-Memphis Half Day Legal Seminar, Memphis, TN

The New Overtime Rules – And Why HR Must Work Overtime to Ensure Compliance

  • March 2016
  • The 12th Annual Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium, Las Vegas, NV

Workplace Investigations 2015

  • September 30, 2015
  • Tennessee Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Memphis, TN

Overtime Law and the FLSA

  • April 9, 2015
  • 11th Annual Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium - HR Specialist and the Management Labor Employment Roundtable, Las Vegas, NV

Additional Thought Leadership

Hospital prevails in nurse's lawsuit claiming pay for meal breaks

  • January 1, 2013
  • Healthcare Risk Management

Establish procedures, audit your payment processes

  • January 1, 2013
  • Healthcare Risk Management

Sixth Circuit Upholds Decertification of FLSA Collective Action Challenging Automatic Meal Break Deductions: Would Your Wage and Hour Policies and Practices Pass Muster?

  • September 2012
  • HR Professionals Magazine
  • Vol. 2, No. 11
  • Lisa Lichterman Leach

Books & Book Chapters

Arbitration v Litigation

  • An Introduction to Health Law Litigation Based on Contract and Government Claims
  • co-author chapter 1, American Bar Association
  • July 2016
  • Fair Labor Standards Act, BNA, 2nd Ed.
  • contributing author
  • 2011
  • Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation
  • contributing editor, American Bar Association
  • 2006-2010

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