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 Doing the People's Business? Sexual Harassment Is Everywhere
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Abuse in the Workplace, EEOC, Sexual Harassment
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Everyone, I have one thing to say: I. Can’t. Even. I can’t even with this stuff! You can’t make it up! On Monday, in a closed door meeting, the night before the new Congress was sworn in, the House Republicans voted to eliminate the only independent ethics oversight of their actions,…
Read More May The Force Be With Her—Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia Spoke Out About Mental Illness In and Out of Her Workplace
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Accommodation of Disabilities, Addiction, Discrimination in the Workplace, Mental Health
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Carrie Fisher is an iconic hero. Not only did she portray a princess and one of the greatest leaders of the Rebel Alliance, eventual savior of the universe and all of its many galaxies, but Fisher is also well known for speaking up about a matter that most employees tend to…
Read More Sexual Orientation Discrimination Violates Title VII—CLARIFICATION
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, LGBTQ+, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck The District Court of Connecticut decided Boutillier v. Hartford Public Schools, No. 3:13-CV-01303-WWE (November 17, 2016). So, when I exuberantly advised that the Second Circuit came to play, I should have written that federal courts within the Second Circuit were showing up to play! So let’s try this again: Well, this…
Read More Amherst Cracks Down on “Locker Room Banter”—Another Team Bites the Dust
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, Sexual Harassment
By Amy Epstein Gluck First Harvard, then Columbia, and now Amherst College. What do these schools have in common? They are all elite colleges, yes, that’s true. They are all perched high up on various lists on U.S. News and World Report’s rankings. And, it seems, Amherst is now joining the list of schools with…
Read More Retaliation and Opposition—A Major Headache for Employers
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, Retaliation
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Big Pharma, when will you learn? Not anytime soon, it seems. This week, former vice president Irene Laurora sued Bayer in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey alleging, among other claims, discrimination and retaliation after she protested the company’s mistreatment of a pregnant colleague. In the lawsuit, Ms. Laurora, former…
Read More A How-To Guide to LGBT Corporate Policies
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ+
By: Amy Epstein Gluck As Montell Jordan sang in the 90s—”this is how we do it.” Thanks to my partner Ken Thompson for finding me this awesome graphic! Anyway, need a good example of a corporate culture founded on equal treatment regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity? I’ve got one for you: powerhouse Dow…
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.
