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City Pays $100,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim

By Jim Garrity on May 14, 2022 • ( 1 )

PENSACOLA, FL. May 14, 2022. The City of Pensacola has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle an employment discrimination claim filed by a former employee. The City also agreed, as part of the settlement, to deem the termination as… Read More ›

Employer Settles Breast Cancer Discrimination Case

By Jim Garrity on August 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

Aug. 21, 2021 (Florida). A large government employer this week agreed to settle our client’s discrimination case, bringing a three-year battle to an end. Our client, who asked that her identity and the terms of settlement remain confidential, was beyond… Read More ›

Lawsuit: Employer Cruelly Harassed, Then Fired, Breast Cancer Victim

By Jim Garrity on September 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

Jim Garrity has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), alleging that our client, an employee in the agency’s Office of Student Financial Assistance, was harassed and then fired, after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer… Read More ›

5 Fast Facts: What Counts As A “Wrongful Termination?”

By Jim Garrity on April 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

There’s a lot of inaccurate information online about your rights to file a lawsuit against an employer. You might read that if you’re an “at will employee” or work in an “at will state,” you can’t sue. (Wrong.) Or that… Read More ›

Guidance for Healthcare Workers on Working without PPE

By Jim Garrity on March 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

We’re being flooded with calls from healthcare workers whose employers are demanding that they work with used personal protective equipment (PPE) or, worse, being asked to work without any PPE at all. In hospitals and medical practices, masks in particular,… Read More ›

NEW: Downloadable Rights Posters on the Emergency FMLA

By Jim Garrity on March 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

We’ve just received the new federal posters outlining employee rights under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), often referred to as the Emergency/Expanded FMLA. There are two posters, both downloadable here. One is for all employees except federal employees. … Read More ›

Here’s Your OSHA Workplace Coronavirus Risk Classification

By Jim Garrity on March 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

Are you wondering how the federal government’s workplace safety agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), classifies your specific risk to the coronavirus? Here’s how OSHA ranks jobs by risk levels (Very High Exposure Risk, High Exposure Risk, Medium… Read More ›

Jim Garrity, Esq. – Employee Rights Lawyer