Employment Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale | 2 available

2 Employment lawyers are available in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including Earnest Matthews and William R Scherer III. Lawyers rated on this page have an average Avvo rating of 5.0/5.

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William R Scherer III

633 S Federal Hwy Fl 4 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Entertainment, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Employment, Intellectual Property

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Earnest Matthews

Firm: Rogatinsky & Matthews, Attorneys At Law

3113 Stirling Rd Ste 103 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33312

Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate, Criminal Defense, Insurance, Employment, Mediation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Commercial

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[FL] Employer exposed my full SSN after layoff. Do I have legal recourse? | Oct 31, 2026 | Sourced from the original Reddit post
Location: Florida I was laid off today after three years with my employer. Following my termination, I received an email with a COBRA-related PDF that listed my full nine-digit Social Security number as my Participant Identification Number. The email copied multiple HR employees who work for a separate legal entity under the same ownership, none of whom I'd worked with before. The PDF was not password-protected, and the email required no action from me. To make matters worse, my employer experienced a significant data breach earlier this year and is reportedly facing a class-action lawsuit related to that breach. Do I have any legal recourse for my employer sharing my full SSN this way? Does the previous data breach and related lawsuit have any bearing on their responsibility to protect my information? I'm in Florida and considering consulting an attorney. Curious whether this is potentially actionable or just poor handling of sensitive information.
Seeking unemployment | Oct 29, 2026 | Sourced from the original Reddit post
Hi I’m trying to figure out if I am eligible for unemployment. I recently broke my back and because of that I had to leave my job, but I didn’t say I quit or get fired I was just taken off the schedule and it wasn’t discussed. This happened in Florida but I also about 2 months after the injury I had to move to Pennsylvania. I’m in the process of getting a Pennsylvania drivers license but I was just wondering if I’m at all eligible for any kind of benefits once I’m a resident here. Not sure if this is the right sub but I couldn’t really think of where else to ask lol sorry if it’s a dumb question! Location: Pennsylvania
[FL] Husband had an affair with a direct report on company property. Could reporting it to his employer negatively impact me in a divorce? | Oct 19, 2026 | Sourced from the original Reddit post
Title: [FL] Husband had an affair with a direct report at work. Could reporting it to his employer negatively impact me in a divorce? I'm in Florida and recently discovered that my husband has been having an affair with a female employee who reports directly to him. He is the manager of his location, and the affair involved sexual activity on company property. We are now facing divorce as a result of his infidelity. My husband is the primary manager at his location, and I believe his conduct could result in termination if his employer were made aware of the situation, particularly because of the supervisor/subordinate relationship and the fact that sexual activity occurred on company property. My concern is how reporting this could potentially affect me financially during divorce proceedings. We both work full-time and earn our own incomes, but his employment and income would obviously be factors in determining the financial outcome of our divorce. My questions are: If I report his misconduct to his employer and he is subsequently terminated, could that negatively affect me during divorce proceedings? Could a judge view my decision to report him as intentionally interfering with his employment or earning capacity? If he loses his job due to his own misconduct, would the court consider his previous earning capacity when determining financial obligations, rather than his newly unemployed status? Does the fact that he engaged in an affair with a direct subordinate, including sexual activity on company property, have any legal relevance…
[FL] Former employer refuses to pay for mandatory training and time spent setting up classroom. Is this legal? | Oct 18, 2026 | Sourced from the original Reddit post
Location: Florida, USA I recently worked as an hourly teacher’s assistant ($15/hr) at a small Montessori school operating out of the owner’s home in Florida. The owner required me to arrive at 8:45 every morning to prepare the classroom, despite my paid hours apparently starting at 9:00. She also specifically requested that I arrive at 8:30 one morning and 8:40 on two others for training. After reviewing my payments, I realized none of that time had been paid, totaling approximately three hours. When I questioned her, she insisted that preparing the classroom and receiving training aren’t considered paid work. She actually told me that training an employee is work for HER, not the employee, because she’s the one taking time out of her day to teach them. She also said she’s always paid her assistants this way. I did sign paperwork acknowledging that I was expected to arrive 10–15 minutes before my paid start time, but she never explicitly told me, verbally or in writing, that this time would be unpaid. Interestingly, she deducted pay when I left a few minutes early but didn’t include the time she required me to arrive early. I’ve already reported this to the U.S. Department of Labor, but I’m curious about the legal implications. Can an employer legally require an hourly employee to arrive early for training or classroom preparation without paying them? Does the paperwork I signed change anything? And what happens if she’s been doing this to employees for years? I’m not…
Can my employer make me work unpaid during required supervision? Florida W-2 employee | Oct 18, 2026 | Sourced from the original Reddit post
Hi everyone, I am looking for legal advice. I’m an RBT in Florida and I’m a W-2 hourly employee. My company (boss) recently told us that because RBTs are required by the BACB to receive supervision for at least 5% of our service hours, the company will no longer pay us for the time that our BCBA is supervising us. The part that concerns me is that we are not actually stopping work during this time. During the supervision period, the RBT is still physically with the client and is still implementing the client’s treatment plan. The BCBA observes us and takes data while supervising. We are required to stay there and continue working with the client, but our employer says we will not be paid for that portion of the session because the BCBA will be the one billing. We specifically asked during the company meeting whether, as W-2 employees, we should still be compensated for that time. The owner basically said that if we are looking to her to pay us for those hours, she is not going to, because getting the 5% supervision is our responsibility in order to maintain our RBT certification. Seems like she’s trying to say that bc it’s a requirement for our certification and we can’t bill through insurance, we still need to work even without pay. However, as W-2 employees wouldn’t she need to compensate us? It also sounds like we may not have an active session open under our name in…

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