A "Plan” to Combat Sexual Harassment in Silicon Valley
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Entrepreneur Meena Harris, founder of the “Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign,” has a plan for the sexual harassment allegations pervading Silicon Valley companies. As Ms. Harris wrote here, industry leaders have begun to highlight sexual harassment as an issue that the tech community must grapple with and solve. And she thinks this position must…
Read More Can Women Lawyers Ever Find Equality In Biglaw?
By Richard Cohen |
My new article in Above The Law is entitled “Can Women Lawyers Ever Find Equality In Biglaw?” It begins: “Hey — who cares if Biglaw is white and male as long as it can charge $2,000 per hour (or more). It’s all about the money, after all. Isn’t it? Of course. As long as the…
Read More “The Linchpin” For Businesses: Your HR Department
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
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 Workplace Bullies: They Do It Because You Are A Threat To Them
By Richard Cohen |
I discuss workplace bullies in my latest Above The Law article, Why Do Bully Bosses Bully Their Stars – And Redheads? It begins: “Where do workplace bullies come from? Simple – from bully kids. “What happens to bullies when they grow up? One would hope these mean girls and guys would stop their antics, but…
Read More Every Kiss Begins With "Cut it out!"
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
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 |
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 Owner's "Shocking, Sexually Explicit Behavior": Company Must Pay $750,000
By Richard Cohen |
Employers should know that, from the top down, an anti-harassment tone and policy must be set. But what if the employer – the company owner – is the harasser? That’s what happened in a newly settled case. According to the EEOC, the owner of the company “sexually harassed female employees to a point where one worker was forced…
Read More “What Are You Like In Bed?” Not A Good Thing To Ask An Employee…Nor is Groping
By Amy Epstein Gluck |
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 |
“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 |
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 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.
