I’m often asked about the cases I’m handling at any given moment for employees in Florida and Georgia. People love to know what other employers do (or don’t do) that lead employees to hire me. So from time to time… Read More ›
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Unemployed, Female and Over 40: Five Ways to Spot (And Fight) Gender-Driven Hiring Discrimination
A recent study offers powerful statistical proof that many employers discriminate against female job applicants who are over 40. Women in this age group, the proof shows, often find it vastly harder to get hired than men above 40…. Read More ›
Employees Harassed or Fired After an On-The Job Injury Have Powerful Rights
Florida has a powerful law protecting employees who are injured on the job and make, or even attempt to make, a workers compensation claim. The law can even protect employees who are injured but immediately fired and are therefore unable… Read More ›
What Can You Win In A Discrimination Case?
One of the best questions I get from clients is, “So, what is our goal? What can I ask for, and what can I reasonably expect to get? It’s an important topic. You need to know your options, and it’s best to… Read More ›
Florida’s Workplace-Leave Law for Domestic Violence Victims
Florida has a law that provides up to three days’ leave to an employee who is experiencing domestic violence. But I rarely see it mentioned in employee handbooks, and most clients I’ve represented have never heard of it. In fact,… Read More ›
Age-Detecting App, Designed to Calculate The Age of LinkedIn Users, Halted After Just 4 Days
A software developer’s browser plug-in, created “for fun” to use analytics to calculate and display the age of a LinkedIn user based on profile content (even if no age is mentioned) was halted after just four days. Both LinkedIn and… Read More ›
EEOC Rules that Sexual Orientation Discrimination is a Form of Gender Discrimination
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
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 ›
8 Signs Your FMLA Rights Have Been Violated
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 ›
Jury: Yellow Cab Steered Riders Away from Its Black Cabbie, Awards Driver $250,000
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 ›
Jim Garrity, Esq. - Employee Rights Lawyer 