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The Higgins Firm Nashville employment lawyers provide legal representation throughout Tennessee to employees who have disputes or need protection from illegal workplace practices in Tennessee. Attorney Jim Higgins, the firm's founder, practices in the following areas of Tennessee employment contract law:

Additionally, the Higgins Employment Law Firm helps employees throughout the State of Tennessee whenever they are wrongfully terminated or otherwise discriminated against for reasons of retaliation or because of a protected status, such as race, age or sex.

The Higgins Employment Law Firm also files wage and hour law claims to ensure Tennessee employees are paid the wages they earn. Wage and hour law covers Tennessee overtime payments (including Tennessee salaried overtime), wages set by the state for tax-funded construction projects (prevailing wage law) and time shaving, denial of lunch breaks and other violations of federal and Tennessee wage law.

 


In addition to traditional workplace litigation, Higgins Employment Law Firm attorneys have extensive experience in the various aspects of Tennessee employment law, including cases arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the WARN Act, Tennessee Human Rights Act, Tennessee Labor Statutes and other federal and Tennessee state laws regulating the workplace.

The Higgins Employment Law Firm promises to hold Tennessee employers responsible for their actions and to resolve employment conflicts as soundly as possible to the long-term benefit of our clients.

The Higgins Law Firm
Tennessee Employment Lawyers

116 Third Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Phone: 615.353.0930
Toll Free: 800.705.2121
Fax: 615.353.0963
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Disclaimer: The Tennessee employment law information presented on this page should not be construed to be formal legal advice, nor the formation of a lawyer- or attorney-client relationship. The employment law information on this site is presented and copyrighted by the Higgins Firm, a Nashville, TN-based law firm, and is not meant to solicit clients for employment matters outside the State of Tennessee. Matters outside of Tennessee or outside of Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville will be reviewed by an employment lawyer licensed in the appropriate state. This site may be considered advertising by the Tennessee State Bar Rules
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