It is the Department of Labor (DOL)’s duty to improve employee’s working conditions, advance their opportunities for profitable employment, protect their retirement and health care, strengthen free collective bargaining, and track changes in employment. This is true for all states, including the Florida Department of Labor. In doing so, the DOL oversees a variety of Fe...
If you learn of an illegal activity, policy, or practice in your workplace, you may want to prepare yourself for all possible outcomes of the whistleblowing process. In order to protect yourself from legal action for reporting an employer’s illegal activity, you want to ensure that you’re aware of the implications it will have on you or your family, so you aren’t bli...
Florin Gray Bouzas Owens, LLC is representing a man who suffered severe injuries in a police pursuit in Pasco County, Florida. In October of 2018, the Pasco County Sheriffs negligently and recklessly pursued Michael Blomberg, who had an argument with his girlfriend at a local gas station and then left her behind at the gas station. The sheriffs pursued Blomberg, who they a...
If you are an employee in Florida and your employer requires you to participate in regular drug testing, it is helpful to know your legal rights. On a federal level, certain limitations exist regarding drug testing. For example, the federal government requires drug testing for certain industries, including transportation, aviation, the Department of Defense, and more. For ...
