by KP Reddy | Jan 31, 2013 | Employment and Labor Law, Whistleblower
Whistleblower Holly Smith claims that sloppy legal work cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary claim settlements. The former assistant attorney for Atlanta filed suit against the city, accusing her superiors of incompetence and committing legal...
by KP Reddy | Jan 25, 2013 | Employment and Labor Law, Overtime Law
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, with US corporate offices are here in Georgia, was the subject of a recent Supreme Court hearing on the subject of unpaid overtime owed to their sale representatives. The sales representatives claimed they were asked to work extra...
by KP Reddy | Dec 11, 2012 | Employment and Labor Law, Hostile Work Environment
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires covered entities to abide by certain guidelines and rules that protect against the unauthorized use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI). Generally, covered entities may...
by KP Reddy | Dec 4, 2012 | Employment and Labor Law, Hostile Work Environment
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against employment discrimination. In particular, it protects against discrimination that unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment....
by KP Reddy | Nov 27, 2012 | Employment and Labor Law, Overtime Law
Whether Georgia and federal employment laws require your employer to pay overtime depends on whether you are a qualified worker and whether your employer is a covered employer. Any employer engaged in interstate commerce must abide by federal wage and overtime rules....
