Congress Bumped Up Workplace Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | General Employer Guidance, Parent Category, Pregnancy Discrimination, Sex Discrimination
As 2022 wound down, federal legislators passed two new workplace laws: the Pregnancy Fairness Workers Act (PFWA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act. Employers may wonder about the necessity of the PFWA when employers (with more than 15 employees) must follow the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Similarly, what additional protections does the PUMP Act…
Read More Explaining Some Employment Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | EEOC, Employee Benefits, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), General Employer Guidance, Pregnancy Discrimination
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022 poses countless legal questions and presents serious challenges for stakeholders, including employers. What does employment law have to do with abortion rights, you might ask. Well, I’ll tell you, and I’ll tell you something else: the ramifications…
Read More Employers, the EEOC Is Watching How You Treat Pregnant Employees And Applicants
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Sex Discrimination
This is not news. Or at least it should not be. And yet. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC“), the federal agency that enforces the federal anti-discrimination laws, announced that it settled a claim with a Louisiana restaurant that admitted it violated federal law when a restaurant manager fired and then later refused to…
Read More USDOL Reminds Employers To Give Nursing Mothers At Work A Break
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | General Employer Guidance, Parent, Retaliation
I nursed all three of my children when they were infants (they are horrified by this, naturally). When I returned to work, I pumped breastmilk at three – yes three – different law firms. Nothing comes as close to the terror of someone banging on your office door while you’re half-dressed and trying to pump…
Read More Bar None: Retaliation Violates Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Retaliation, Sex Discrimination
“Was that on purpose?” a lawyer at the firm where I worked asked me more than twenty years ago when I disclosed that I was pregnant with my first child. Clearly, this resonated with me, and I tell the story often. One female employee now has a similar story. This week, one Oregon bartender filed…
Read More Ah, The “Mommy Track” At BigLaw – Fast Track To Lower Pay and Marginalization
By Richard Cohen | | Uncategorized
As you know, we here at FisherBroyles have only wonderful things to say about BigLaw. Being refugees of BigLaw ourselves, we all loved (among so many other things): … its cutthroat intra-firm competition (what better way to hone necessary legal skills!); … its long hours devoted solely, of course, to client interests and personal/professional development;…
Read More One Mama's Memo: Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Retaliation Policies Must Be Enforced To Be Effective
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Your anti-discrimination, -harassment, and -retaliation policies must be enforced to be effective. It’s likely that this is no news flash, but in practice, people tend to forget. Case in point: yet another public memo to a household name company demonstrating that all that glitters may not be gold. What am I…
Read More The EEOC sees health care folks as fat, juicy targets in disability cases
By Richard Cohen | | Uncategorized
It’s been some time now since I’ve written about the EEOC and “low hanging fruit” – so let me explain to new readers. My review of the cases brought by the EEOC in the last few years leads me to believe that the EEOC finds that targeting health care professionals for disability or pregnancy discrimination yields…
Read More Nursing and health care facilities must pay $465,000 – for discriminating against disabled and pregnant employees
By Richard Cohen | | Uncategorized
Have you heard this one from me before: “Chalk up another healthcare provider nabbed by the EEOC for allegedly violating the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Add this to the numerous such lawsuits brought against healthcare providers under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”).” Well,…
Read More Psst…did you know it was Disability Awareness Month?
By Amy Epstein Gluck | | Accommodation of Disabilities, Discrimination in the Workplace, EEOC
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Well, it is! And, in honor of that, I bring you a new law affecting most New York City employers, at least those with more than four employees. The law applies to all of your employees, whether full- or part-time, interns (paid or unpaid), temps, and protects more NYC employees than…
Read More 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.
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.
