Complaint alleges race, religious discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment at apartment complex Jim Garrity, who represents employees across Florida and Georgia, has filed suit on behalf of four former employees of a property management company, alleging a pervasive pattern… Read More ›
Discrimination
Workplace Age Discrimination: What to Expect at Ages 40, 50, 60, and 70
Age discrimination is one of the most common, and most ignored, forms of workplace bias in America. The numbers tell a stark story. The EEOC received 16,223 age discrimination charges in 2024, nearly 2,000 more than the year before. And… Read More ›
State Agency Sued for Refusing to Let Disabled Employee Work from Home — Despite a Year of Proof It Works
Jim Garrity has just filed suit on behalf of a state government employee who suffers from a severe chronic pain condition that makes commuting (and simply moving around a workplace) extraordinarily difficult and often impossible. The case raises a question… Read More ›
Lawsuit: School Board Won’t Promote 70-Yr Old Educator
LEON COUNTY, Florida – A top-ranked school district has repeatedly refused to promote a 70-year-old, highly-credentialed educator because of her age, a new lawsuit charged today. Jim Garrity, an expert in employee rights, represents the woman. The suit notes that… Read More ›
We Deliver, Too: Garrity Serves Pizza Chain with Lawsuit for Firing Disabled Employee as “Liability Risk”
FLORIDA – A franchisee of Domino’s Pizza violated federal law when it fired a delivery driver after just one day on the job, following a discussion of his disabilities caused by a wolf attack when he was five years old,… Read More ›
New Lawsuit: Mine Supervisor Called Black Employees “Monkeys”
ORLANDO, Florida – A mid-Florida company that operates several phosphorus mines fired a Black employee after she hotly complained about being called a monkey, a slur that one employee said was used all the time, a new lawsuit charged today…. Read More ›
Shipbuilder Sued After Firing Vision-Impaired Employee
FLORIDA – A shipbuilding company that designs and builds a wide range of oceangoing vessels for private, government, and military customers, violated federal civil rights laws when it fired a vision-impaired employee who required accommodations to do his job, a… Read More ›
Bank Sued for Disability, Age Discrimination
PANAMA CITY, Florida – PeopleSouth Bank, which operates in more than thirty locations in Georgia and Florida, violated federal civil rights law when it forced a 70-year-old employee from the workplace because of her need for accommodation before and after… Read More ›
Georgia Hotel Sued After Firing Disabled Front-Desk Clerk Who Needed Stool
GEORGIA – A 74-year-old female front-desk clerk, represented by Jim Garrity, has filed a federal employment discrimination lawsuit, alleging she was fired by a Thomasville, Georgia, hotel because of her age and disability. She needed to sit periodically due to… Read More ›
Walmart, Former Employee Sued in Workplace Revenge Porn Case
FLORIDA – Yesterday Jim Garrity sued Walmart and a male former employee, under Florida’s “reverge porn” law, alleging that both the employee and Walmart managers disseminated intimate pictures of Mr. Garrity’s client that she fully expected would remain private. More… Read More ›