“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 NYC: New Guidance On Gender Identity Employment Discrimination And Harassment
By Richard Cohen |
Yesterday, the NYC Commission on Human Rights published a broad, new enforcement guidance related to gender identity discrimination and harassment in, among other things, employment. This guidance is a must reading for employment attorneys and employers given the definitions and prohibited acts and conduct which may be new to many, and more comprehensive, and the…
Read More NYT: Case Study Of Workplace Racial Discrimination In The Construction Trades
By Richard Cohen |
Interesting article in today’s New York Times about Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers Union which “stands as a case study of how workplace discrimination has persisted in corners of the construction trades, according to federal officials, even as unions have become increasingly diverse.” Rachel Swarns’ article “New York Sheet Metal Workers Case Highlights…
Read More Southern Fried Henry’s Turkey? A Newly-Announced $5 Million Settlement On Behalf Of Vulnerable Workers
By Richard Cohen |
Recall the case of Henry’s Turkey – the company that exploited vulnerable intellectually challenged and disabled workers by, among many other things, paying them $65 a month to eviscerate turkeys? Well, a case has just been settled by the EEOC for $5,000,000, which I have dubbed the “Southern Fried Henry’s Turkey Case.” I wrote about “vulnerable…
Read More New Digital Platforms: Answer To Workplace Harassment?
By Richard Cohen |
Some interesting things have come out of the recent public meeting of the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace (“STF”), where workplace experts testified. I found three points most compelling, one of which was novel to me. The EEOC was told that “new digital platforms may provide meaningful ways…
Read More EEOC's New Accommodation For Those Who Are Deaf
By Richard Cohen |
My last post a few days ago dealt with deafness and reasonable accommodation under the ADA. Coincidentally (and illustrating the fact that reasonable accommodations for those who are deaf do, in fact, exist), the EEOC just announced that it is “launching a new service that will enable individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing whose…
Read More Deafness And Reasonable Accommodation
By Richard Cohen |
A newly filed lawsuit gives me the opportunity to discuss — once again – the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), deafness as a disability, and the requirement of “reasonable accommodations.” What Is “Reasonable Accommodations?” The ADA provides that an employer has impermissibly discriminated against an employee claiming a disability where the employer has not made…
Read More “Better Decisions Come From Diversity”
By Richard Cohen |
Who would ever have thought that the title quote of this blog came from the mouth of a private equity CEO! In an article in today’s New York Times entitled “Pursuing Gender Equality as a Competitive Advantage,” written by Leslie Picker, she notes (quite correctly) that there has been a “sluggish grind toward gender equality…
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.
