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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 ›

Childcare Employee Fired After Reporting Incidents to Abuse Hotline

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

FT. WALTON BEACH, FL. (Feb. 26, 2018). A former childcare worker testified in her deposition today that she was fired within 48 hours after she called the Florida Abuse Hotline to report several incidents she witnessed. I represent the woman… Read More ›

Jim Garrity Recovers $400,000 for High School Principal

By Jim Garrity on February 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

A high school voted yesterday to approve a $400,000 settlement in a discrimination lawsuit we filed against it on behalf of the school’s former principal, Michelle Gainer. The settlement brings to a close a two-year saga that began when… Read More ›

Jury Awards Our Client $300,000 in Age Discrimination Case

By Jim Garrity on January 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

A federal jury awarded our 63-yr old client $300,000 in a federal age discrimination this past Friday, January 26, 2018, answering without hesitation “Yes” to the verdict question “Did the Defendant fire Mr. Young because of his age?” The jury… Read More ›

Jim Garrity, Esq. – Employee Rights Lawyer