Jim Garrity, Esq. – Employee Rights Lawyer

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• Memo to Women Lawyers: 9 Signs Your Law Firm May Be Discriminating Against You

  By Jim Garrity on October 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

               The legal profession isn’t much different from any workplace when it comes to discrimination and harassment. Sometimes, law firms can even be worse, perhaps because of the mistaken perception by some lawyers that they… Read More ›

• Just in: Jury Awards $150,000.00 to Female Prison Guard Who Was Twice Victimized By Corrections Agency

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

  

  This morning a Florida jury awarded our client, a female former prison guard, $150,000.00 against the Florida Department of Corrections, because of its retaliation against her for complaining of sexual harassment.   It is the latest in a string of verdicts by our firm… Read More ›

• Amazon.com Makes it Official: “10,000 Depositions Later” is its #1 Best Selling Book on Trial Tactics for Lawyers

  By Jim Garrity on September 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m pleased to report that Amazon.com has named my 2014 book, 10,000 Depositions Later: 33 Tips for Taking Superior Depositions, as its #1 national bestseller for books on trial practice for lawyers. The book has now pulled ahead of sixty-one other… Read More ›

• Florida Passes New Law to Penalize Unauthorized Employee Access to Work “Computers”

  By Jim Garrity on September 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

    You could be sued by a current or former employer if you access your current or former employer’s computers, phones and tablets without permission, under a new law that takes effect October 1, 2015.  But the law may not… Read More ›

• EEOC Rules that Sexual Orientation Discrimination is a Form of Gender Discrimination

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

  

    On July 18, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a decision (which can be seen here) finding that the federal law banning traditional gender discrimination also forbids discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation. This decision represents… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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