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We are employment discrimination attorneys, representing employees only, across Florida and Georgia, in every kind of workplace claim. We do not represent employers. Our work is 100% devoted to employee rights, and we do not handle any other kind of cases.

• 4 Ways the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Will Affect Your Workplace

  By Jim Garrity on June 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    The new US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage is likely to result in four important changes in the workplace.  The changes are more of a technical adjustment in rights than a major change, because many employers were already… Read More ›

• Federal Jury Rules for Employee Forced Out After FMLA Leave Was Used Up

  By Jim Garrity on June 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    Yesterday a federal jury ruled in favor of my client (actual verdict form here) on her disability discrimination and retaliation claim, deciding she was forced from her $9.25/hour CNA job at the end of her FMLA leave even though… Read More ›

• 8 Signs Your FMLA Rights Have Been Violated

  By Jim Garrity on May 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

      The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical and family reasons include: personal or family… Read More ›

• Pro-Employee Rulings Clear Path for Three Summer Trials

  By Jim Garrity on May 14, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Federal judges in three of my cases have just cleared the way for trials this summer on our claims of discrimination and retaliation.  The rulings themselves are critical victories because, unlike defendants in criminal cases,  employees in discrimination cases… Read More ›

• “The Voice” Concept Comes to the Hiring Process

  By Jim Garrity on April 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

   Hey, job seekers!  Got a great voice? I hope so.  A new software program now in use by many large employers – Marriott, Hyatt, Panera Bread, Jimmy John’s, and Labor Ready, to name a few – records your phoned answers… Read More ›

• Supreme Court: UPS Driver, Fired Because of Her Pregnancy, Can Sue Company

  By Jim Garrity on March 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    The United States Supreme Court today reinstated the pregnancy-discrimination lawsuit of former driver Peggy Young, who was fired because she could not perform all the duties of a driver while pregnant.  The lawsuit arose because UPS would not allow… Read More ›

• Same-Sex Spouses Will Be Entitled to FMLA Spousal-Care Leave Effective March 27, 2015

  By Jim Garrity on March 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    Beginning March 27, 2015. FMLA spousal-care rights will extend to any lawfully-married couples regardless of gender. If the marriage was legal in the jurisdiction where it took place, it will entitle the couple to FMLA spousal-care leave even if they… Read More ›

• Jury Returns Verdict for Male Employee Unable to Promote into All-Female Management

  By Jim Garrity on March 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  MARCH 3, 2015. A state-court jury today awarded our client both lost wages and pain and suffering following a verdict finding that the Florida Department of Children & Families discriminated against him on the basis of his gender.  Our client,… Read More ›

• Do You Owe Taxes Because Your Boss Mislabeled You an “Independent Contractor”?

  By Jim Garrity on February 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The new tax season is now in full swing, and I’ve just finished filing my first wave of new whistleblower lawsuits against employers that misclassified my clients – ordinary employees – as “independent contractors.”  The lawsuits allege that their employers… Read More ›

• Think Twice Before Allowing Your Employer to Talk to Your Doctor

  By Jim Garrity on February 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Think carefully before letting your boss or employer have direct contact with (or get records directly from) your doctor’s office.  Your employer may cause problems between you and your doctor. Or your doctor might wind up releasing more information than you intended…. Read More ›