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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 ›

Almost Eligible For FMLA Leave? Put Your Request In Now

By Jim Garrity on January 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

Have you been on the job for less than a year, but know you’re going to need FMLA leave as soon as you qualify for it (i.e., once you’ve been employed for a total of at least a year, and… Read More ›

Everything You Know About HIPAA Is Wrong. Here’s the 411.

By Jim Garrity on November 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

HIPAA could possibly be the most misunderstood law in the history of the American workplace. I often hear the law misquoted, misused, even misnamed – HIPPI, HIPPO, HIPPUP…the list is endless (and hilarious). But the wrongful disclosure and discussion of… Read More ›

Employer Cutting Your Time, Or Asking You To Work Off The Clock?

By Jim Garrity on February 11, 2011 • ( 1 )

Does your employer “shave” your time – cut it, edit the time record in the computer to lower your hours worked, or require you to work off the clock? It’s all illegal. Employers MUST pay you for every hour worked…. Read More ›