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Jenkins v. S. David Anton, PA; 8:15-cv-00283

James Moten Thompson and Kathryn Hopkinson successfully defended their client in an appeal case where the Plaintiff claimed that the Court abused its discretion and misapplied the legal standard against her in a wage and hour dispute. In the non-jury trial that preceded the appeal, she’d alleged that her Employer had not paid her owed overtime compensation, to which she claimed she was entitled under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

The Court found that the Plaintiff could not present additional testimonial evidence after she

Happy National Equal Pay Day!

Demand Equal Pay for Equal Work!

Are you being paid what you deserve? Discrimination based on your sex is an everyday occurrence, in and out of the workplace. While many employers advise their employees that it is illegal to discuss their pay with co-workers, this notion is false. Across the Country, women continue to be paid a fraction of what their male counterparts are paid. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 amended the existing Fair Labor Standards Act in an attempt to abolish wage disparity based on

Experiencing Race Discrimination in the Workplace?

Thompson Legal Center Can Help!

I read an interesting article (see below) on the “right way” for leaders to respond to discrimination, racism and racist comments in the office.  These tips could be helpful for not only those in a leadership position but for anyone who is a witness to a racist comment or action. Unfortunately, race discrimination is still ever-present in today’s workplace.  There are Federal and State laws designed to help protect employees from race discrimination in the workplace. Title VII of The Federal

Pregnant worker was denied light duty as an accommodation was able to pursue a Pregnancy Discrimination Act claim.

Often employers will discharge a pregnant employee based on her inability to do strenuous manual work such as heavy lifting even when other work is available.  In some circumstances, such a decision can form the basis of a pregnancy discrimination claim under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

A recent federal pregnancy discrimination case out of Illinois (Babak v. Bright Star Ambulance, Inc., (ND Illinois, 16-cv-10397) Feb. 2019), the court allowed a pregnancy EMT worker to

The EEOC’s latest press release (see below) is regarding pregnancy discrimination. Throughout the American workplace, pregnancy discrimination remains widespread. The number of pregnancy discrimination claims filed annually with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been steadily rising for two decades and is hovering near an all-time high.  If you feel that you have been discriminated against by your employer due to your pregnancy, please call Thompson Legal Center at 813-769-3900.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      September 24, 2018

THE GLENRIDGE ON PALMER RANCH SUED BY EEOC FOR PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

Retirement Community Failed to Hire Woman

Program Intentionally Discriminated Against Blacks in Its Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charges

     MIAMI – Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (JPP), which sponsors an apprenticeship program that seeks to produce journeypersons to work in the plumbing and pipefitting industries in Northeast Florida, engaged in a pattern or practice of race discrimination by failing to hire black apprentices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Additionally, JPP’s use of arbitrarily scored interview criteria to hire apprentices has a disparate

On January 10, 2018, James M. Thompson was a panelist for a Bay News 9 and Spectrum News one-hour live town hall event that focused on the recent movement regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. Veronica Cintron, Bay News Anchor, was joined on stage with panelists Jim Thompson, Employment lawyer, Evangeline Hawthorne, Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Tampa office), Jennifer Green, President of Liberty Partners, and Sierra Bender, a Women’s Empowerment Advocate. The panel engaged in an in-depth look at the #metoo movement. Please click on the link

James Moten Thompson and Kathryn Hopkinson successfully defended their client in a case where Plaintiff (represented by Cynthia Sass and Yvette Everhart) claimed that Defendants failed to pay her overtime compensation to which she claimed she was entitled under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Defendant disputed that Plaintiff worked more than forty hours in a work week and testified that Plaintiff never reported working overtime. The Court found that Plaintiff failed to prove that she worked over 40 hours in any given week. After a 5-day non-jury trial, the

James Moten Thompson was interviewed by Tampa Bay FOX 13 about Disney agreeing to pay $3.8 million in back wages to park workers to ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor found that Disney would deduct a uniform expense which caused some employees’ hourly rates to fall below minimum wage.  The investigation also revealed that Disney employees were not compensated for work performed before or after shifts.  The Department of Labor stated that, “employers cannot make deductions that take workers

Tampa Sex Discrimination attorneys James M. Thompson and Kathryn Hopkinson win trial against Hillsborough County. A Tampa jury found that Hillsborough County discriminated against a male library assistant because of his sex when it fired him. After a three-day trial, which demonstrated that the Upper Tampa Bay Library treated its male employees differently than its female employees, the jury determined that a male library assistant was disciplined for matters not subject to discipline when done by his female co-workers, that he had his evaluation altered unfavorably and that he