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Employment Law: 5 Things Employees Should Know About Service Animals In The Workplace

Employment Law: 5 Things Employees Should Know About Service Animals in the Workplace

  • July 19, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Law

Are you concerned about employment discrimination on the basis of a disability? If you have a diagnosed disability and if you have a service animal, you may be planning to bring your service animal to your place of employment on…

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Nurses: Top 5 Things Every Nurse Needs To Know About Sexual Harassment At Work

Nurses: Top 5 Things Every Nurse Needs to Know About Sexual Harassment at Work

  • June 24, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

Sexual harassment occurs much too frequently in nurses’ workplaces in Georgia and throughout the country. When an employee experiences sexual harassment on the job or is affected by incidents of sexual harassment at work, it is important to learn more…

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Filing A Charge Of Discrimination In A Georgia Workplace

Filing a Charge of Discrimination in a Georgia Workplace

  • May 31, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

If you work in Georgia and have been the target of employment discrimination, we know that you likely have questions about how to begin the process of filing a claim and seeking a remedy for the discrimination that you have…

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Wage And Hour Law: 4 Things To Know About Meal And Rest Breaks In Georgia

Wage and Hour Law: 4 Things to Know About Meal and Rest Breaks in Georgia

  • May 30, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

Wage and hour law issues can be complicated given that there are both federal and state laws that govern wage and hour requirements. Rest and meal breaks represent one common area of questions that invoke wage and hour laws. Do…

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What Nurses Should Know About Their Workplace Rights

What Nurses Should Know About Their Workplace Rights

  • April 30, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

If you work in the healthcare industry as a nurse or a nursing assistant, it is extremely important to know your rights when it comes to a safe and healthy workplace. As an article in Becker’s Hospital Review makes clear, workplace violence is…

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When Restaurants Must Provide A Breastfeeding Break And Space For Workers

When Restaurants Must Provide a Breastfeeding Break and Space for Workers

  • April 19, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

Employers across many different industries and fields should know that they may be eligible for both a rest break and an appropriate place to take that break, to express breast milk after giving birth to a baby. New mothers can…

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Whistleblower Case Leads To Scrutiny Of Prison Healthcare

Whistleblower Case Leads to Scrutiny of Prison Healthcare

  • March 29, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Whistleblowers

A whistleblower case filed by a doctor at the Augusta State Medical Prison system last year is leading to increased scrutiny of the healthcare provided to prisoners of the state system as well as the number of serious medical malpractice…

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Georgia Orders Vidalia Onion Farmer To Pay Unpaid Overtime

Georgia Orders Vidalia Onion Farmer to Pay Unpaid Overtime

  • March 19, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Unpaid Overtime and FLSA Misclassification Claims

One of the largest producers of Georgia’s Vidalia onions is being ordered to pay $1.4 million in damages to hundreds of its workers for unpaid overtime. A federal court found that Bland Farms Production and Packing failed to pay overtime…

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Deaf Referee Sues Georgia High School Athletic Association

Deaf Referee Sues Georgia High School Athletic Association

  • February 22, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Employment Disputes

A deaf basketball referee is suing the Georgia high school athletics association, claiming that they discriminated against him on the basis of his disability. Donald Jacobs, a DeKalb school custodian, was a former player for the Georgia School for the…

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Social Security Disability Case

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Social Security Disability Case

  • February 2, 2019
  • Christopher Vaughn
  • Social Security Disability

On December 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case Biestek v. Berryhill, which asks the court to decide whether an administrative law judge hearing a Social Security disability appeal may rely on the testimony of a vocational expert…

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