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I am an employment discrimination attorney or lawyer in Tallahassee, Florida, representing employees only.

• How Do Employers Cheat You On Payday? Let Us Count The Ways.

  By Jim Garrity on August 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  What’s the most common violation of employee rights we see on a day-to-day basis?  Without question, it’s the failure of employers to properly pay employees.  This is true whether the employer is a mom-and-pop corner store or one of the… Read More ›

• Lawsuit: Woman Fired for Absences Relating To Fall, Death of Her 88-Year Old Mother

  By Jim Garrity on July 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I filed suit this week on behalf of a kind, gentle soul of a woman who was shockingly fired just weeks after her 88-year old mother was taken off life support and passed, with my client and her sister at… Read More ›

• Nurses’ Rights 101: 7 Laws Protecting Your Rights (and Career)

  By Jim Garrity on July 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    Jim Garrity is an employee rights lawyer.  He doesn’t help employers, ever.  Nor does he fracture his work into multiple practice areas. It’s 100% employees’ rights, 24/7/365, for employees only.  More about his incredible background here. He’s represented many… Read More ›

• The Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination (Before, During and After)

  By Jim Garrity on July 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Pregnancy discrimination remains widespread and shows up in many different ways: A refusal to hire or promote you while you’re pregnant. Harassing you about maternity or pregnancy-related medical visits or leave. Cutting your hours, or taking you off the schedule… Read More ›

• About Those Lawyers On The Billboards and Buses

  By Jim Garrity on July 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ever thought about hiring a lawyer because of an ad you saw on a billboard or city bus? Here are a few things to think about before you decide: You’ll never meet the lawyer in the ad.  That’s true much of… Read More ›

• Jim Garrity Recovers $692,000 for Race Discrimination Victim

  By Jim Garrity on June 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Jim Garrity is on the road to federal court proceedings in Orlando so we’re posting this on his behalf.  On Friday he finalized a deal requiring the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) to pay $692,000 in settlement of his client’s… Read More ›

• This is Quite Possibly the Most Violated Law in Hiring & Promotions

  By Jim Garrity on June 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  For 50 years employers and potential employers have been required – under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – to give you a separate notice, for you to read and sign, when it plans to obtain a consumer report… Read More ›