Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog

Recent Posts from Atlanta Employment Lawyer Blog

• Work Time

  There are some employers who, if you don’t watch them, will go in and change your hours worked on your time clock. This can run afoul of Georgia employment law as well as federal regulations.…

• Wage Garnishment FAQ

  Getting your wages garnished is an embarrassing situation, often made worse but at least a perceived threat of losing your job. While most employers know that they can’t threaten job loss if an employee’s wages…

• Teenage Work Driving Rules

  Many summer jobs, particularly in agriculture and construction, require employees to drive various vehicles as a part of the job. Small companies, especially, may be tempted to put young people in positions of responsibility in…

• Supreme Court Narrows Ability to Prove Age Discrimination

  The U.S. Supreme Court, in a June 18, 2009 decision, has limited a claimant’s ability to prove an age discrimination case in court. The case, Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (08-441), decided by a…

• Layoffs and Age Discrimination

  You got laid off or fired. You’re over the age of 50, or even 40. Younger people, some of whom you’ve trained, get to keep their jobs. Is it good business or age discrimination? ABC…

• Veterans Employment Rights

  Very few states have as close a relationship to the military as Georgia does. In a struggling economy, where every job is precious, veterans have a great many rights that they may not be aware…

• Agricultural Workers Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

  Most seasonal agricultural workers in Georgia and the rest of the country are covered under two separate labor laws—the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). This post…

• Additions to FMLA Proposed in Congress

  Two bills were recently introduced into the United States Congress that, if passed, would have an important effect on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Taken together, they would both expand the current effect…

• Genetic Testing in the Workplace? Meet GINA

  In the 1997 sci-fi thriller Gattaca, virtually every job on earth was determined by a person’s genetic makeup. With the map of the human genome now available for download, science fiction may rapidly become science…

• Summer Jobs Part II

  With the summer job search in full swing, many young people living outside Atlanta may be looking to work on a farm for the season. There are a number of regulations under the Fair Labor…