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Butts v. Centimark Corp.; District Judge Cohen and Magistrate Judge Salinas; race discrimination and retaliation; Summary Judgment: Granted. Natasha L. Franklin v. Northside Hospital, Inc.; District Judge Grimberg and Magistrate Larkins; ADA ...

As more employees return to in-person work and hiring ramps up, it's important for workers to know their rights as well as what constitutes a hostile or intimidating work setting. After months of isolated remote work or staggered schedules where communication was often virtual and employees were ...

Lindsey Waldera v. Marketsource, Inc.; District Judge Batten Sr. and Magistrate Judge Larkins; Pay Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, and retaliation claims; Summary Judgment: Recommend Grant.  Natasha L. Franklin v. Northside Hospital, Inc.; District Judge Grimberg and Magistrate Larkins; ADA ...

Any kind of discrimination based on national origin is against the law, whether it is being carried out by a US company against someone of non-American descent or involves a foreign company's US operations preferring someone from its own country over an American citizen. Employment and hiring pra...

In this second feature below, you will find summaries of seven recent employment-related reports and recommendations by magistrate judges in the Northern District of Georgia. For a copy of each order, click on the link at the end of the summary. Cisero v. ADT LLC of Delaware; District Judge S...

As the economy has opened up, more employees have returned to some form of in-person employment, with one exception. Working mothers, who took on the bulk of caregiving responsibilities during the pandemic and scaled back or totally left the workforce in droves, are still plagued by a lack of chi...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the way we work, but it didn't keep sexual harassment at bay. Even with fewer people in offices, a dispersed workforce, and many interactions virtual for the past year, the problem has persisted and, in some cases, worsened. As women moved home to work, the ...

Defending our clients against summary judgment motions by their former employers is a regular part of our practice. A high percentage of employment cases are challenged this way. At Barrett & Farahany, we track summary judgment decisions to establish trends and learn from the current legal climat...

We've come a long way, baby, from first starting to work outside the home in the 19th century to present-day, when women are running boardrooms and holding some of the highest offices in our country. Along with this progression have come laws to support female advancement in the workforce and pro...

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) received a lot of attention for its third round of stimulus checks. As time has passed, however, it appears the continuation and expansion of emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and expanded Family and Medical Leave (EFML) might have an even greater impact on some...

Barrett & Farahany is proud to announce that Matthew Billips is joining the firm as Managing Lead Attorney. In this role, he'll guide the firm's litigation efforts in employment and discrimination matters. He'll also shape the future of Barrett & Farahany by hiring, training, and preparing new ...

How many extra days past year-end does it take a woman to earn what a man did in just 12 months? For the previous year, it was an additional 83 days. Equal Pay Day, the day set aside to raise awareness about the gender pay gap, falls on March 24, 2021. It's been 24 years since this day was or...

Barrett & Farahany successfully represented Jerberee Jefferson in a claim alleging retaliatory discharge, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, against Sewon America. Sewon America is an automotive parts manufacturer and supplier and the American subsidiary of Korean company Sewon Precision Industry Co. Under Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision, employers are prohibited from firing or otherwise retaliating against employees for making discriminatory complaints.

A year into the pandemic and the female workforce is suffering. Women have been leaving the workforce and losing jobs at higher rates than men due to a variety of pandemic-related factors. This departure creates a greater risk that the pay gap will widen and potentially heralds long-term negative...

Social media can be a great place. You can join broad discussions, you can find humorous content, and you can share your thoughts with millions of people. That last part seems to get a lot of users in trouble. Celebrities garner the most attention when they say something out of line. TV host Wend...

Barrett & Farahany is taking the issue of discrimination to the U.S. Supreme Court and asking the justices to clarify the way courts should analyze evidence in motions for summary judgment in employment discrimination cases. On February 8, the firm filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari on behalf of Roddie Melvin, a former Federal Express Corporation managing director.

For months, legal experts have been predicting a rash of age discrimination lawsuits stemming from layoffs or firings of older workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. While protected by law against age discrimination, older workers do often face issues in the workplace. Not surprisingly, the pandem...

Barrett & Farahany is honored to announce that one of our founding partners, Amanda Farahany, has been included in the 2021 Georgia Super Lawyers list. This is the eighth consecutive year she has been awarded this honor. Throughout her career, she's been named to the Top 50 Women in Georgia list ...

There's an adage that individuals get wiser as they get older, but that saying doesn't help when it comes to older individuals keeping their jobs in downtimes. While federal law prohibits age discrimination in employee terminations, age-related firings increase by 3.4% for each percentage point i...

While everyone is anxious for work-life to return to the way we knew it prior to March 2020, is mandating that your workforce receive the COVID-19 vaccine the solution? Amanda Farahany, managing partner at Barrett & Farahany, and Josh Joel, Of Counsel at Stanton Law, discussed the issues around ...

With the slow pace of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the emergence of at least three more rapidly spreading variants, remote workforces are likely to continue well into 2021. Whether an hourly worker has been working from home since the start of the pandemic or just transitioned this month, emp...

Media outlets across the U.S. have declared Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to be the winners of their respective Georgia Senate races. This was a huge win for Democrats, giving them control of the Senate once Kamala Harris—who holds tie-breaking power as vice president—is sworn in. 

Jasmine Younge was the deputy chief of staff to Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. and considered his “go-to” person in the office. Suddenly, after the announcement of her pregnancy, DA Howard shut Ms. Younge out of meetings, ignored her, and ultimately terminated her. Younge, ...

Recently, a member of the Georgia Army National Guard reserve – Araceli Perez – claimed that she was wrongfully terminated by Onin Staffing LLC, and that the termination was done in retaliation to her absence for military duty. Perez's counsel is Zachary Panter, a lawyer at Barrett & Farahany, a...

Barrett & Farahany congratulates Catherine Gavrilidis and Zachary Panter for passing the Georgia bar exam! Despite a month-long delay and a change from in-person to virtual testing due to COVID-19, Cat and Zack persevered. Catherine, who graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University Co...