Discrimination

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 ›

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 ›

Jury: Yellow Cab Steered Riders Away from Its Black Cabbie, Awards Driver $250,000

By Jim Garrity on February 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

A federal jury awarded our client, a black male cab driver for an affiliate of Yellow Cab, $250,000.00 late yesterday, after a jury ruled that the company steered riders away from our client because he is black. Marie A. Mattox… Read More ›

Federal Judge Declares Mistrial in Employee’s Breastmilk-Pumping Case

By Jim Garrity on October 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

A U.S. District Judge declared a mistrial last Thursday in a retaliation case against a state agency after the jury announced it was unable to agree on a verdict. A verdict must be unanimous. In this case, the eight… Read More ›

State Agency Settles Racial-Slur Case

By Jim Garrity on June 29, 2014 • ( 2 )

The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) has settled a retaliation lawsuit filed by a former employee, Kelly Simmons, who was fired after she objected to the use of racial slurs by a coworker. Her report of the use… Read More ›

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down $55,000 Fine Against Employee Who Sued Boss For Allegedly Soliciting Sex From The Employee’s Wife

By Jim Garrity on March 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

I’m pleased to report that we succeeded in persuading a federal appeals court this week to overturn a $55,000.00 fine imposed on a Florida public school employee for filing suit against the school system. The employee had alleged he was… Read More ›

Harvard Business Journal Offers Tip On Combatting Age Discrimination: Dye Your Hair

By Jim Garrity on March 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

A March 2012 article in the Harvard Business Review blog offers hair dye as a legitimate tool for combatting age discrimination. Huh? Is the war on age discrimination over? Did we lose? Or, is this just smart, practical advice in a world… Read More ›

What If The Information From HR Is Wrong?

By Jim Garrity on February 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

I recently questioned the Director Of Human Resources of a large corporation, as part of my effort to prepare a case for trial. The case involves both disability issues (under the Americans With Disabilities Act) and leave issues (under… Read More ›

Weighing In On Obesity: Is It A Workplace “Disability”?

By Jim Garrity on January 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

Few conversations about disability discrimination draw sharper reactions than whether obesity is – or should be – a disability that triggers a right to workplace accommodation. Some see obesity as a purely self-induced condition. Others say that if obesity is… Read More ›

Can You Survive A Job-Related Internet Background Check?

By Jim Garrity on July 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

Last week the New York Times featured a company, known as Social Intelligence, that, at least at first blush, seems to take the gathering of online personal information about prospective and current employees to an entirely new level. It… Read More ›