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

• 3 Ways Restaurants & Delivery Services Cheat Tipped Employees

  By Jim Garrity on April 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A shocking number of employees who receive tips get cheated by their employers.  How?  It happens in many ways, but there are three scams often used by employers, especially in the food service and delivery industries. Here they are. #1 … Read More ›

• Lawsuit: Company Forced Driver to Return to Route Despite Racist Slurs, Death Threat

  By Jim Garrity on March 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    TALLAHASSEE FL. (Mar. 8, 2018).  A lawsuit I filed against a waste-management company alleges that it ordered my client, a black driver, to immediately return to a neighborhood where a customer had just shouted racist slurs at him and… Read More ›

• Childcare Employee Fired After Reporting Incidents to Abuse Hotline

  By Jim Garrity on February 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  FT. WALTON BEACH, FL. (Feb. 26, 2018).  A former childcare worker testified in her deposition today that she was fired within 48 hours after she called the Florida Abuse Hotline to report several incidents she witnessed.  I represent the woman… Read More ›

• High School to Pay $400,000 to Settle Principal’s Discrimination Suit

  By Jim Garrity on February 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    PANAMA CITY, FL – FEB. 24, 2018.  A Florida high school voted yesterday to approve a $400,000 settlement in a discrimination lawsuit I filed against it on behalf of the school’s former principal, Michelle Gainer.  The settlement brings to… Read More ›

• Jury Awards Our Client $300,000 in Age Discrimination Case

  By Jim Garrity on January 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  A federal jury awarded our 63-yr old client $300,000 in a federal age discrimination this past Friday, January 26, 2018, answering without hesitation “Yes” to the verdict question “Did the Defendant fire Mr. Young because of his age?”  The jury… Read More ›

• 6 Amazing Facts About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  By Jim Garrity on January 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day is now an official US federal holiday that marks Dr. King’s birthday.  It is always observed on the third Monday of January every year, and often lands on his actual birthday, January 15th. Dr…. Read More ›

• Now’s a Great Time to Ask for a Raise. Here’s How.

  By Jim Garrity on January 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Early January is often an excellent time to ask your employer for a pay increase.  It’s the start of a new year, everyone’s in a good mood and in many work places the stats for measuring employee performance are starting… Read More ›