Jim Garrity, Esq. – Employee Rights Lawyer

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• The Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination (Before, During and After)

  By Jim Garrity on July 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Pregnancy discrimination remains widespread and shows up in many different ways: A refusal to hire or promote you while you’re pregnant. Harassing you about maternity or pregnancy-related medical visits or leave. Cutting your hours, or taking you off the schedule… Read More ›

• About Those Lawyers On The Billboards and Buses

  By Jim Garrity on July 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ever thought about hiring a lawyer because of an ad you saw on a billboard or city bus? Here are a few things to think about before you decide: You’ll never meet the lawyer in the ad.  That’s true much of… Read More ›

• This is Quite Possibly the Most Violated Law in Hiring & Promotions

  By Jim Garrity on June 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  For 50 years employers and potential employers have been required – under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – to give you a separate notice, for you to read and sign, when it plans to obtain a consumer report… Read More ›

• 2 Must-Do’s for Keeping Your Job Search Confidential

  By Jim Garrity on June 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Don’t want your current employer to know about your job search?  That makes sense.  Some employers get mad if they think you’re leaving.  Many clients tell me their bosses openly react negatively to the news that they’re looking for other… Read More ›

• How Would You Rate Your Boss on Yelp?

  By Jim Garrity on June 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    I had breakfast at a super busy restaurant near Broadway in New York City this morning and noticed a flood of waiters and waitresses coming out of the back all at once.  I asked mine, a wonderful young woman… Read More ›

• 5 Things to Know If You’re Being Sexually Harassed At Work

  By Jim Garrity on June 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    Victims of sexual harassment often become paralyzed by fear.  Will I lose my job?  Who can I talk to?  Am I going to become a target of retaliation?  These are important thoughts. Here’s what you need to know: If… Read More ›

• About Those Digital Trails Created By Your Work Devices.

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

  

    It’s never been easier, because of your use of employer-owned devices, for your bosses to track you.  And while courts have ruled that employers can legally monitor how their devices are being used, it doesn’t mean your employer can… Read More ›

• Harassed or Fired After a Job Injury? Here’s What to Do.

  By Jim Garrity on April 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Many employees become a target after reporting an on-the-job injury.   It doesn’t matter whether it’s carpal tunnel from repetitive tasks, a slip-and-fall, or a construction accident.  And it doesn’t matter if it was unavoidable.  Employers get angry.  Why?  Because (1)… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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