Carol R. Merchant | Attorney
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About Carol
CAROL R. MERCHANT is a consultant with Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC. She provides consulting services, in conjunction with the firm's attorneys, with emphasis on compliance with regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Davis Bacon and Related Acts, Service Contract Act, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, H2A provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, Employee Polygraph Protection Act and the Federal Wage Garnishment Law (Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act).
Carol recently retired from the U. S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, after 33 years of service with the Division. From 2000 to the end of 2007 she was the Nashville District Director, supervising enforcement of Wage and Hour laws in the state of
During her years as District Director and Assistant District Director, she reviewed investigative files, conferred with the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Department of Labor on cases that should be litigated, and assessed and negotiated payment of civil money penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (including child labor), Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, H2A and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.
She worked on rewriting portions of the Wage and Hour Divisions' Field Operations Handbook, organized and conducted the last three national training classes for Wage and Hour Technicians, and co-wrote the national training manual for investigators on developing litigation cases.
From 2003 until her retirement in December 2007 she was the Southeast Regional Representative on the National Health Care Team examining compliance problems in the health care industry. She testified in Federal Court on numerous cases litigated by the U. S. Department of Labor.
Carol received her Master of Arts degree in American History from the
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