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...
Last year, nearly 76% of companies planned to hold holiday parties. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 23% of companies are planning a year-end celebration, and 74% of those will be virtual events, according to a survey done by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. This big drop wil...
Given the tough fiscal year for many companies, employers may be looking to cut costs and balance the books. One way they'll do this is by letting go of employees, even on the cusp of the holiday season. Todd Stanton – principal of Stanton Law – and Amanda Farahany – managing partner at Barrett...
Barrett & Farahany has been named to US News - Best Lawyers' prestigious 2021 listing of top law firms. Barrett & Farahany's labor and employment litigation practice received a Tier 1 ranking, and the firm's employment law practice for individuals was awarded Tier 2 in the region. US News ranks f...
Did you know that your employer can fire you for virtually any reason? Most employees who are terminated immediately seek answers as to why they are being fired. However, since Georgia is an at-will employment state, employers do not need to provide a reason. And even if they do provide a reason, most any reason is sufficient, as long as it’s not a reason prohibited by law.
It's been a very interesting year for the job market in Georgia, and you may find yourself considering a change in employment during the COVID-19 pandemic. For some, this is a necessary change as their companies downsize. For others, it's a chance to make a move they've been considering for some ...
The social temperature in our city and country is high and flowing into the workplace, be it through discussion or attire with a political logo, wrote Amanda Farahany, managing partner of Barrett & Farahany, and Todd Stanton, principal of Stanton Law, in an article published in the September 9, 2...
In August, President Trump issued an Executive Order that offers many American taxpayers a financial "hamburger" in the form of a payroll tax holiday. However, despite guidance from the Treasury Department, it remains unclear when Tuesday will come for them and how they will need to pay up when it does.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued an order that temporarily pauses (or stays) evictions until the end of 2020.
Amanda Farahany, managing partner at Barrett & Farahany, and Christine Green of Stanton Law have co-authored "In Bostock's Wake, Look for More Diversity Training, Sex Bias Cases and LGBT Workers Living Openly."
Amanda Farahany was recently interviewed for an Agenda article entitled "How Companies Contend With Discrimination Charges."
One of the questions we're asked most frequently lately is whether small employers can just decide to "opt out" of their obligations to employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Not really.
Now that school has resumed for fall, working parents are again having to juggle work, childcare, and schooling. We want to be sure your workplace rights aren't another source of confusion, so in this blog we revisit the Families First Coronavirus Act (FFCRA) and boil down some key questions and answers the Department of Labor recently clarified about Extended Family Medical Leave (EFML) related to child care and schooling.
American Guardsmen and Reservists have been called to duty to help with a variety of functions related to stemming the tide of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The duties vary by location, but many of you have probably seen military personnel assisting with drive-through COVID-19 testing sites.
Grace Starling wrote the article “Returning to Work & School During a Pandemic: What Should You Do?” for the August 21 edition of Women’s Business Daily.
Two attorneys from the Barrett & Farahany have been named to the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The Atlanta attorneys are Amanda Farahany, the firm’s managing partner, and V. Severin Roberts, a partner.
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