EEOC to Employers: Ignore Harassment Complaints Based on LGBTQ Status At Your Peril
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, EEOC statistics and settlements, LGBTQ+, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently entered into a consent decree with a Tex-Mex restaurant in Gainesville, Virginia (up to an hour from the DMV—without traffic) settling a lawsuit alleging that restaurant employees, including other servers and kitchen staff, subjected a gay male server to “unwelcome harassing and offensive behavior” that…
Read More One Mama's Memo: Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Retaliation Policies Must Be Enforced To Be Effective
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Your anti-discrimination, -harassment, and -retaliation policies must be enforced to be effective. It’s likely that this is no news flash, but in practice, people tend to forget. Case in point: yet another public memo to a household name company demonstrating that all that glitters may not be gold. What am I…
Read More Come See Me at the EEOC Baltimore Seminar on August 26th to Talk HR
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | EEOC, Marijuana in the Workplace
By Amy Epstein Gluck Hello, and happy end of summer! Like Rich, I am excited to participate in an EEOC panel in Baltimore at the EEOC Training Institute’s seminar about the Future of HR. Details: Where: Crowne Plaza Baltimore at the Inner Harbor, 105 W. Fayette Street When: August 26, 2019, at 9 a.m. Topic:…
Read More Workplace Violence Prevention Plans—With a Twist
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Abuse in the Workplace, Discrimination in the Workplace, Workplace Safety
By Amy Epstein Gluck Employers, do you have a workplace violence prevention plan? If not, you may want to consider creating one regardless of your size. After the shooting in Virginia Beach, I wrote about recognizing signs of possible impending workplace violence. I also promised to provide additional information for employers and HR to consider, but,…
Read More One State Guides Employers To Establish Workplace Mental Health Standards
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Accommodation of Disabilities, Disabilities and Accommodations (ADA), Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Mental Health
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Did you know that California passed a law last year that establishes voluntary standards for workplace mental health? No? I didn’t either, and we should talk about this. What Kind of Law? Under the law, the state is creating guidelines to help companies strengthen access to mental health care for their employees,…
Read More Will World Dominance Dictate Equal Pay?
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck As I arrived at a jam-packed, standing room only sports bar on a Sunday morning, I wondered what a U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) victory would mean to the lawsuit filed by the team, which is scheduled to go to mediation after the USWNT’s 4th World Cup. What will it mean for…
Read More When Equal Pay Audit Results Lead to Retaliation Claims
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Age Discrimination (ADEA), Discrimination in the Workplace, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
By Amy Epstein Gluck Equal pay is getting a lot of press these days. Indeed, it seems to be a “Hot HR Topic.” (Yes, that IS a thing! OK, just for employment law nerds.) There’s a federal law requiring employers to provide equal pay for equal work, and, employers should know that most states have…
Read More LGBTQ Employees Face A Double Stigma
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Disabilities and Accommodations (ADA), Discrimination in the Workplace, Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Mental Health
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Last year, when I wrote about destigmatizing mental health issues, I informed you that one in four adults in the U.S. suffer from some type of mental disability. When we talked about sexual harassment being an epidemic—and this was pre-Weinstein!—I mentioned EEOC-reported testimony that one in four women face harassment in the workplace. Well, guess…
Read More Diversity & Inclusion: Making More Than Cosmetic Changes
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Race, Religion, and National Origin, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck One of my favorite cosmetics retailer closed all of its US-based stores today for diversity and inclusion training. The focus? What it means to be a diverse and inclusive workplace. In addition to the one-hour store closures today, the company said it would close its distribution centers and corporate headquarters for trainings…
Read More How Can Employers Recognize Signs of Impending Workplace Violence?
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | General Employer Guidance, Mental Health, Workplace Safety
By Amy Epstein Gluck They can’t, entirely. But let’s discuss this. Late last week and over this weekend, I, along with the rest of the country I’m sure, read about the horrific events that occurred in a municipal building in Virginia Beach. There, a “disgruntled employee” opened fire at his workplace and murdered twelve colleagues.…
Read More 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.
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.
