Great Three-Minute Overview Of Religious Discrimination in Employment
By Richard Cohen |
As good a short, (very) concise summary of Title VII’s prohibition against religious discrimination in employment as can be found that is useful for employers is found in Brad Reid’s Huff Post Business “The Blog,” in a three-page piece titled “A Legal Overview of Religious Discrimination in Employment.” This is a whirlwind, three-minute course on…
Read More "How to Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap" — An Excellent NYT Article
By Richard Cohen |
Claire Cain Miller has written what I think is a very significant article about gender pay disparity in today’s New York Times, entitled “How to Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap.” She writes that: “More than a half-century after President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, the gender pay gap is still with us. Women…
Read More “It’s Not Becoming Of A Woman” – Lawyer Sanctioned For Sexist Comment
By Richard Cohen |
A significant development within the legal profession is the subject of this post, and it is even, arguably, within the expansive remit of “employment discrimination.” For those of us lucky (dumb?) enough to have practiced law to an old[er] age, the sight and sound of a judge condescending to a female lawyer, commenting leeringly on her looks or…
Read More Pinterest Appoints First Head Of Diversity
By Richard Cohen |
As I posted on December 30th, The New York Times reported that Twitter had replaced its vice president for diversity and inclusion in “the latest move by a big technology company to counter the perception that, despite its claims of an egalitarian culture, the industry’s collective track record in encouraging a diverse employee base is no…
Read More GINA: If You Are An Employer You Should Know About It
By Richard Cohen |
Not many of us have come across a GINA case in our discrimination practice. At least not yet — the law is only 5+ years old. Nonetheless, the EEOC has included GINA as one of its enforcement priorities in its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”), and it has, in fact, litigated a (small) number of such…
Read More “Big Law” Compensation Schemes To Be Scrutinized In New Sex Discrimination Suit Against LeClairRyan
By Richard Cohen |
The mysterious compensation ways of Big Law – from which, thankfully, I escaped – just got LeClairRyan sued under Title VII and The Equal Pay Act. A female former partner claims in a new federal lawsuit that “origination credit” decisions (always a source of in-fighting and a_ _ kissing at Big Law) are “made in…
Read More Yes, A Company Can Sue For Employment Discrimination!
By Richard Cohen |
At least in the UK, according to a recent case discussed by employment lawyer Verity Sayers of the London law firm of Nabarro LLP. In a case known as Abrams, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the wording of the Equality Act does not preclude lawsuits for employment discrimination brought by a limited company.…
Read More “Over 50, Female and Jobless Even as Others Return to Work”
By Richard Cohen |
The title of this post is the title of an article in yesterday’s New York Times which discussed a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis which “found that the prospects for women over 50 darkened after the Great Recession. … [T]he waves from the recession, which ended six and a half years…
Read More “I Thought That These Tech Companies Would Have Been More Inclusive, But They Are Way Behind"”
By Richard Cohen |
The New York Times reported today that Twitter has replaced its vice president for diversity and inclusion. The Times commented that the hiring of the new VP “is the latest move by a big technology company to counter the perception that, despite its claims of an egalitarian culture, the industry’s collective track record in encouraging a diverse employee…
Read More Don't Be Chained To “Fears, Biases or Stereotypes” Against People With Disabilities
By Richard Cohen |
The EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) has, as one of its six national priorities, the elimination of barriers in recruitment and hiring. Lately, the EEOC has seemed to focus upon deafness as a barrier to hiring — or as a reason for termination. We saw recently that “fears, biases or stereotypes” against people with disabilities is at…
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.
