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Fisher Broyles Firm blog

FisherBroyles Employment Law Blog

Helping Employers Implement Efficient and Equitable Solutions to their Workplace Problems

Fisher Broyles Firm blog

FisherBroyles Employment Law Blog

Helping Employers Implement Efficient and Equitable Solutions to their Workplace Problems

Employers, Managers, I Implore You…Document Performance and/or Conduct Issues Before Terminating That Employee

The cost of not doing so is waayyyy higher than the time it takes to document a problem with an employee. This particular topic is a favorite of mine. In fact, I have a deck I use to train managers and supervisors called “The Power of Documentation,” and in my head, when I say the…
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A Tale of Two (NFL) Brians: Two Employment Lawyers Weigh In On Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Beginning a lawsuit with a smoking gun text, dropping the f-bomb, and a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gains attention, but does the 58-page Complaint alleging systemic race discrimination filed by the Miami Dolphins former head coach, Brian Flores, against the National Football League (NFL), the Dolphins, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos…
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History Has Its Eyes On You, Employers

Most employers provide vacation and holiday leave. Now, employers have a new holiday to add to their roster: Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill establishing Juneteenth, the date marking the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday. (CNBC) This is a big deal. A very big…
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Workin’ Moms During COVID-19

Whether we’re talking about show on Netflix about four Canadian women with very different jobs and families or the oxymoron of the “working mom” (because, of course, all moms work), mothers, in particular, seem to have carried a heavier load during this pandemic. The devastation hit Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (AANHPI)…
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EEOC Quantifies Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Claims for 2018…So Far.

By:  Amy Epstein Gluck Remember I just told you here that workplace harassment claims increased markedly in the last year? Well, some financial data is in. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it obtained approximately $505 million for nearly 68,000 victims of discrimination in the workplace, broken down as follows: $354 million through mediation, conciliation,…
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Race Discrimination Based on More Than Color—“Jewish Blood”

By: Amy Epstein Gluck So this Report and Recommendation, out of the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Alexandria Division), graced my screen today. The question U.S. Magistrate Mark L. Hornsby faced was whether federal anti-discrimination law’s prohibition of racial discrimination protects a job applicant who does not get the job because of…
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Racial Harassment—A Case Study On “Severe or Pervasive”

By: Amy Epstein Gluck Use of the “n-word” in the workplace seems to be continuing, unabated. You guys are not going to believe this scenario alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. The allegations are…appalling. As reported by WaPo here, last year a black employee worked as a warehouse specialist for an energy company in…
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The Danger for Employers of Third Party Discrimination or 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…
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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.

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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.

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