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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

Doing the People's Business? Sexual Harassment Is Everywhere

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Jan 4, 2017

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,…
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Amherst Cracks Down on “Locker Room Banter”—Another Team Bites the Dust

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Dec 13, 2016

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…
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Sex Discrimination v. Equality At BigLaw and Other Workplaces

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Nov 28, 2016

By: Amy Epstein Gluck I know I have been prolific these past few months about gender equality, sexual harassment, retaliation, and equal pay (or lack thereof). I’ve talked to you about a myriad of scenarios: sex discrimination and unequal pay at BigLaw (also see Rich’s excellent BigLaw post here) and for the U.S. Women’s Soccer…
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Sexual Harassment—Still Illegal, And Attorneys’ Fees May Be Awarded Too

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Nov 11, 2016

By: Amy Epstein Gluck So, busy week. I thought it best to start with a reminder: sexual harassment in the workplace is still illegal. And while it abounds, if your employees sexually harass other employees not only might you be hit with a hefty damage award, but you may have to pay the attorneys’ fees…
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Locker Room Banter—The New Normal? Harvard Soccer Woes

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Nov 4, 2016

By Amy Epstein Gluck Oh Harvard…not you too! It seems there is no place safe from sexual harassment and discrimination. We’ve post—a LOT—about workplace sexual harassment and discrimination, but it seems this type of behavior starts earlier. Is locker room banter the new normal? I hope not. Accustomed to being viewed as a bastion of…
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Sexual Harassment—An Epidemic?

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Oct 21, 2016

By:  Amy Epstein Gluck The upcoming TIME headline reads: “Gretchen Carlson wants to change the way women fight sexual harassment.” You can see the cover here. That’s exciting, and we can’t wait to see what she comes up with. Thanks to Circa for giving me a heads up. An Epidemic? TIME states: “Carlson gives an…
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Nasty Women—Not in the Workplace, Please

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Oct 20, 2016

By: Amy Epstein Gluck “These nasty women have got to go!” “Who put her in charge?” “Honey, don’t interrupt.” “What a bitch!” We really see it all in the workplace. But you know what nasty women do? They file charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the federal agency in charge of enforcing…
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Locker Room Banter Will Get You Fired, and Oh, Wait, It’s Against the Law

By Amy Epstein Gluck | Oct 10, 2016

By Amy Epstein Gluck Everyone says it. It’s just how guys talk. They’re just words. I didn’t mean anything by it. This is all in good fun, right? No, no, and no. They’re not “just words.” Sexually charged comments or “locker room banter” made by executives, an employee, or supervisor to another employee may subject…
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Combatting Workplace Sexual Harassment: From the Top Down

By Richard Cohen | Sep 26, 2016

By Richard Cohen The EEOC has long gone to bat for vulnerable workers, as readers of this blog know.  Indeed, it is one of the EEOC’s priorities set out in its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”). I have written that in the many cases brought by the EEOC, “The common thread is the vulnerability of these workers: where they are powerless,…
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Founder Of Anti-Abuse Charity Liable For Egregious Harassment Of Employee

By Richard Cohen | Sep 26, 2016

By Richard Cohen, FisherBroyles Partner September 26, 2016 — Sometimes a story is so unbelievable (and horrific) that you do a double take and re-read it to see if you read it right the first time. The founder of a charity whose goal is to prevent abuse of vulnerable members of Scotland’s ethnic communities was…
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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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