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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

There Are "Too Many Old, Fat, Ugly And Gray-Haired Employees!"

Just when I was through harping about health care facilities being the target of EEOC suits under the Americans With Disabilities Act, along come a couple of new EEOC lawsuits about my next favorite topic to write about: ageist epithets or what I have called “code words” as evidence of age discrimination. I tells ya there…
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Protecting "Vulnerable Workers" Still An EEOC Priority

I wrote many a post in my prior blog about the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”), which made protecting “vulnerable” workers a priority.  I said before that protecting farm workers, migrant workers, workers in isolated areas, and mentally-challenged Henry’s Turkey workers was something that the EEOC was focusing on.  It still is. But some employers either ignore…
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Older Workers' Difficulties Getting A Job Their Own Faults?

This may be an overstatement of the results of a new study reported in today’s New York Times. But not by much. Get out there and network! The study by a management professor found that people over 50 have a harder and longer time finding work than their younger colleagues.  It was found that it…
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One Last Dead Horse To Beat — The EEOC And Health Care Providers

Forgive me this once for beating a dead horse again, but the dead horses keep coming!  I mean the “dead horse” which I have kept beating and beating for years — the never ending flow of EEOC lawsuits under the ADA which target medical or health care providers.  Why won’t these medical folks ever learn? Three…
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Can You Spot The Issues? You Have 15 Minutes!

I thought way back about a law school exam when I read a short squib in the September 25th New York Law Journal by Mark Hamblett entitled “Synagogue Sued Over Firing of Pregnant Employee,” which describes in a few, short sentences a new employment discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court in New York. I want to present…
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It's Not A Good Idea To Have A Policy Of Firing Employees When They Turn 62

A large Wisconsin heating and plumbing contractor learned the hard way that it is not OK to have a policy of firing people simply because they turn 62.  Or to retaliate when the employees contend (correctly) that this is illegal. As an EEOC attorney put it, besides being illegal, this type of policy or practice “rupture[s] the…
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Beating A Dead Horse About The EEOC’s “Shooting Fish In A Barrel”

Ok, enough. I promise no more mixed metaphors or posts about the EEOC going after medical or health care facilities for alleged violations of the ADA because, as I believe, they are easy pickins. No more “shooting fish in a barrel” or “plucking low hanging fruit, or other such things. Well, maybe just this once.…
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Henry's Turkey Raises It's Wattled Head – Again

In one of my last blog posts at my old firm (you know, where I am now known by my pen name, “Fox”), I wrote about the heartbreaking case of the intellectually disabled workers at Henry’s Turkey who were paid $65 a month eviscerating turkeys.  I called Henry’s “the poster bird for the abuse of intellectually disabled…
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EEOC's Duty To Investigate: Limited Judicial Oversight, Says Appeals Court

Let’s face it – law and politics are inextricably intertwined. Under the last administration, the EEOC was relatively quiescent and employers spent little time addressing or attacking it or its role in discrimination cases.  (Note that before a charging party can sue in federal court she has to file a charge with the EEOC and go through the EEOC…
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The EEOC: "Religious Freedom and Inclusiveness"

Religious discrimination, formerly a backwater of discrimination law, has shot to the forefront in recent years.   Public policy and the expansion of the reach of Title VII meet claims of religious discrimination.   The political/legal struggles will likely take a while to resolve, if at all.   But one thing is certain: the EEOC has decidedly not abandoned its…
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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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