Working Mamas and Lactation Law
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Sex Discrimination, Wage & Hour
By: Amy Epstein Gluck The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding children for six months after birth. While some mothers do and some don’t, how does a working mother cope with breastfeeding in the workplace? Well, I had the luxury of closing and locking my office door at work to pump breast milk when my…
Read More “The Linchpin” For Businesses: Your HR Department
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | EEOC, General Employer Guidance, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck “A good HR office is the linchpin for an employer’s effective system for learning about harassment and then responding quickly and effectively,” said Chai Feldblum, commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the agency that enforces federal workplace discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…
Read More Supremes Save Transgender Rights For Another Day
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | EEOC, LGBTQ+, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck By now, most people (who read or watch the news, anyway) know that the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) just vacated a lower court ruling in a transgender student’s favor and sent the case back to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision followed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) and…
Read More Every Kiss Begins With "Cut it out!"
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Retaliation, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Hot on the heels of allegations about the workplace culture of sexual harassment at Uber came the release of nine years’ worth of documents in a private class-action arbitration against another industry giant. As The Washington Post reported yesterday, declarations from hundreds of women and men who worked at one well-known…
Read More Dear Uber,…
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | EEOC, Sexual Harassment
A couple of days ago, the New York Times reported about Uber’s sexual harassment woes when one of its engineers, Susan Fowler, blogged (on her personal account) about her sub-par treatment at Uber after she reported sexual harassment claims to the human resources department and they were ignored. As both Rich and I have said,…
Read More “What Are You Like In Bed?” Not A Good Thing To Ask An Employee…Nor is Groping
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Just in case you worried because I haven’t written about sexual harassment in a while, do not be alarmed! I’ve been obsessed with my twitter feed, like much of the country. But…never fear! Sexual harassment is alive and well. Indeed, it is thriving. Last week, a waitress at an Olive Garden…
Read More Workplace Gender Disparity: Perceptions Are Not Always Reality
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Stereotype
“To be a woman in the United States is to feel unequal, despite great strides in gender equality, according to a wide-ranging poll about gender in postelection America released Tuesday. It’s catcalls on the street, disrespect at work, and unbalanced responsibilities at home.” (New York Times, 1/17/17). In spite of this, studies show a stark…
Read More Coming Soon: NEW EEOC Harassment Guidance
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces our country’s federal anti-discrimination laws, released for public input a proposed enforcement guidance addressing unlawful harassment. You can read the 75-page proposed guidance document at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EEOC-2016-0009 and provide comments to the EEOC until February 9, 2017. The last guidance…
Read More The Danger for Employers of Third Party Discrimination or Harassment
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | General Employer Guidance, Race-based Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment
By Amy Epstein Gluck As Rich aptly noted at the close of 2016, more than 50 years after the Civil Rights Acts were passed, racism continues in the society at large, and in the workplace in particular. Case in point: this past weekend, Kelly Carter, a waitress in Ashburn, Virginia, discovered this receipt after a…
Read More Virginia Is For ALL Lovers, Including LGBTQ
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | LGBTQ+, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Hello Dulles Technology Corridor, there are some new employment requirements in town for you businesses that work with the state government. Today, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order requiring all future state contractors with the Executive Branch to agree to a non-discrimination policy specifically based on sexual orientation and…
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.
