Potential employment law issues and liability are real risks, but they can be managed effectively, an attorney who specializes in trucking employment law told trucking executives Wednesday, June 11, at the CCJ Spring Symposium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Eddie Wayland — a partner at King & Ballow who supervises the Nashville-based law firm’s ligitation efforts — told Symposium attendees that such management involves implementing a simple, practical approach to auditing potential employment law risks, combined with targeting proactive measures to minimize risks.
“Job descriptions are worth their weight in gold,” Wayland said during his “Controlling Loss in the Employment Arena” presentation. “Go home and write yourself a work description.”
Wayland, who also serves as outside general counsel for the Truckload Carriers Association, listed 11 high-risk areas that should serve as red flags to employers. “There is a duty to reasonably accommodate,” he said:
