Employers, Let’s Pause For A Moment
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
Now that we are talking about mental health in the workplace more freely, it’s time to tackle one of the last taboo workplace topics – menopause. US companies are beginning to consider “menopause-friendly workplaces.” Thank goodness! It all started in the UK, apparently. According to The New York Times, a recent poll estimated that 3 out…
Read More The EEOC Provides What May Be Its Final COVID Guidance Update
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
It ain’t over til it’s over, is it? During the pandemic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) provided employers with information and guidance about keeping the workforce safe, accommodating requests for reasonable accommodations necessitated by COVID-19, vaccines, and return to work matters. Now, almost halfway through 2023, and for the first time since July 2022,…
Read More New York Continues To Crack Down On Sexual Harassment, Now With a New Model Policy
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
In what seems like a New York minute, New York State issued a stronger and longer anti-harassment policy. The goal of the new policy, according to Governor Kathy Hochul, is to ensure “safe and inclusive work environments.” The model policy constitutes a major expansion of current law with a greater focus on gender identity, bystander…
Read More Delaware Courts Are Striking Overly Broad Non-competes — Even In the Sale of A Business
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
Traditionally, companies have viewed Delaware’s Court of Chancery to be one of the most business-friendly jurisdictions in the country. Recently, Delaware has joined the ever-expanding list of jurisdictions that no longer give businesses the benefit of the doubt when it comes to restrictive covenants — especially non-competes. Partners Christina Bost Seaton, Carl Neff, and I…
Read More Must An Employer Accommodate An Employee’s Refusal To Use A Co-Worker’s Preferred Pronouns?
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
What is an employer to do when faced with conflicting legal obligations to different employees? One employee has the right to have their preferred pronouns utilized in the workplace and another is entitled to a accommodation based on her religious beliefs. That’s the dilemma confronted by the employer in Michigan, Bio Blood Components. The employer…
Read More Equal Employment Opportunity Too Heavy A Lift For One Employer
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), enforcer of federal anti-discrimination laws, settled a case with one employer that allegedly failed to hire a female applicant, who possessed equal or more experience than male applicants, because the position required the applicant to lift and move heavy objects. According to the lawsuit, the store manager expressed skepticism…
Read More New Paid Sick Leave in Spain Alleviates Pain
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
Employers, do you have that employee who is regularly out sick at the same time each month? Whether you noticed this or not, many women have to take sick days from work due to painful periods. Spain recognizes the need here. Women in Spain now have the right to three days of menstrual leave a…
Read More Have You Heard? The EEOC Issued New Guidance About Hearing Disabilities In the Workplace
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) wants to remind employers that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects deaf applicants and employees as well as those who have milder hearing disabilities. Employers want to listen carefully. Puns aside, the newly released EEOC Guidance extensively explains a few salient topics: The EEOC, the federal agency that…
Read More FTC to Employers: Say Goodbye to Your Non-Competes
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
Co-Authored with Christina Bost Seaton Explosive news issued from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) when it proposed a rule on January 5, 2023, purporting to ban all non-compete provisions by all employers (regardless of size) as to all workers. Notice that we wrote “workers,” not employees. That’s right. The proposed rule would apply to independent…
Read More Congress Bumped Up Workplace Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
As 2022 wound down, federal legislators passed two new workplace laws: the Pregnancy Fairness Workers Act (PFWA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act. Employers may wonder about the necessity of the PFWA when employers (with more than 15 employees) must follow the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Similarly, what additional protections does the PUMP Act…
Read More AMY EPSTEIN GLUCK
Amy Epstein Gluck has represented individuals and corporate clients in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and various federal district courts for more than twenty years. Ms. Epstein Gluck’s current practice areas include employment law—advising on and drafting employment agreements; handling employment negotiations, severance agreements, noncompete and nondisclosure agreements, “wrongful terminations” and other EEO matters; representation at the EEOC level; advising employers about discrimination laws and how to remain in compliance, and employment negotiations.
RICHARD COHEN
Richard Cohen has litigated and arbitrated complex corporate, commercial and employment disputes for more than 35 years, and is a trusted advisor to business owners and in-house counsel both in the United States and internationally. His clients have included Fortune 100 companies, domestic and foreign commercial and investment banks, Pacific-rim corporations and real estate development companies, as well as start-up businesses throughout the United States.
