Women’s Rights Employment Law Blog
The Women's Rights Employment Law Blog covers women's and transgender rights, with links to news items and posts of reader comments.
Author: This blawg is overseen by Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, a New York City law firm dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace.
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Recent Posts from Women’s Rights Employment Law Blog
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“Boss, I’m pregnant!”
Planning your maternity leave? Here are 10 ways to protect your rights at work, before and after your baby’s birth. FAMILY PHYSICIAN Nicolle Overstreet, D.O., was fired on Oct. 10, 2007, nine days after…
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Most Latinas to be Denied Basic Access to Health
By Samantha McLane In these times of scientific and technological progression, international commerce, globalization, internet communication, multiculturalism, and other important achievements that have provided us with “better living conditions”, health services seem to be…
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Trans Formed: To Be Homeless & Transgender
The night my church opened its 10-bed homeless shelter for 18-to-24-year-olds, I volunteered to supervise them. A novice to any kind of shelter experience, I was nervous as I dragged my red cart with…
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More Men Filing Workplace Lawsuits
The macho man image is dying in the workplace. Tresa Baldas writes in The National Law Journal Employment and family law attorneys say a growing number of men are filing a wide variety of workplace…
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Transgender fights Cleveland on locker room policy
An embarrassing question from a boy in a locker room inspired Karen Deamons to fight the city: Why was there a woman in the men’s room? Deamons decided last month she would no longer abide…
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Democrats Stall on Birth Control Coverage for Women
Michigan women with health insurance can find themselves paying up to $65 a month for a prescription to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Meanwhile, their insured male counterparts can pick up a free prescription for Viagra.…
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The personal is political
By Samantha McLane “The personal is political†was the mantra for the feminist movement in the 60’s, and currently it is a phrase that continues encouraging reflection and action on current issues regarding gender,…
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Answer Filed in Response to Lisa Brockington’s Spurious Allegations
One of our former clients, Lisa Brockington, whose sex discrimination case we championed to a successful conclusion against her previous employer before she began working for us as a legal intern and then as…
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(Homo)Sex and the City
By Lauren Tetenbaum Last week, New York Governor David Paterson directed all state agencies to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. It’s about time New York made…
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Every breath you take : Jack Tuckner on How to Respond to a Complaint
The following article has been published in May issue of First Line Magazine: By Portia Stewart, Editor, FirstLine He’s watching you. You can’t concentrate, you’re afraid to be alone with him, and the comments…