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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.

• Client Question #428: Can I Be Fired For My Social Media Posts and Comments?

  By Jim Garrity on July 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The short answer, generally, is yes.  You don’t have an absolute right to say whatever you want without jeopardizing your employment.   This is true whether you work for a governmental entity or in the private sector. There are always exceptions. … Read More ›

• BREAKING: Supreme Court Extends Protection to LGBTQ Employees

  By Jim Garrity on June 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    WASHINGTON, DC: June 15, 2020.  In a stunning victory for equal rights in the workplace for the LGBTQ movement, the United States Supreme Court moments ago issued a long-awaited decision finding that gay, lesbian, and transgender employees enjoy full… Read More ›

• $250,000 Settlement for High School Principal in Sexual Harassment Case

  By Jim Garrity on June 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

      Jim Garrity has resolved another discrimination lawsuit against a Florida school, Bay Haven Charter Academy, that has faced a number of similar claims in the past.  This time, Garrity sued on behalf of an award-winning high school principal… Read More ›

• Sexual Harassment: Explained

  By Jim Garrity on April 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  We’ve represented untold numbers of victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. Despite all the training employees get, some still just don’t get it. In fact, federal government data shows there are more sexual harassment complaints last year than in… 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 ›

• Key Tips & Websites for Coronavirus Financial Aid

  By Jim Garrity on April 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    Virtually everyone is now suffering significant financial distress as result of the coronavirus. It can be difficult to sort through the spiderweb of government and other benefits. Here’s a quick guide we put together for you. And if you… 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 ›

• 5 Questions to Ask Your Employer During the Coronavirus Crisis

  By Jim Garrity on March 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Many employers still have not taken action to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. Nor have they developed policies to allow employees to work from home in order to avoid exposure. Here are five questions we recommend you ask… 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 ›