UBER – AND HOW NOT TO RESPOND TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT
A blog post by a former employee of the ride sharing company, Uber, has been making serious waves in the news world...
Read MoreVenus Williams Doug Adler And The Trouble With Language
During the Australian Open, ESPN announcer Doug Adler said that Venus Williams was employing a “gorilla/guerilla effect” during her match....
Read More“I’M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO SUES” – AND OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS
We meet and talk with many people each week who are suffering or have suffered some injustice, and in the...
Read MoreDoes Quitting My Job Hurt My Sex Discrimination Lawsuit?
Sex discrimination can take many forms. It can be obvious – such as a pay discrepancy between men and women performing...
Read MoreThe Most Common Form Of Disability Discrimination
Discrimination based upon a disability (link) can take many forms. An employer can fail to accommodate a disability (link), or...
Read MoreWHY WE MARCHED
We marched in Albany on Saturday, January 21, 2017 in support of the Women’s March on Washington and the sister...
Read More3 COMMON DEFENSES TO PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS
Pregnancy discrimination (link) happens every day. Sometimes it appears overtly: comments about the pregnancy, child care needs, or ability to...
Read MoreFREE SPEECH? THINK AGAIN…
What is (and is not) “free speech” I picked up the paper recently (well, on my iPad, but you get...
Read MoreLGBTQ RIGHTS UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATION – WHAT’S NEXT?
On December 14, 2016, Giovanna had the pleasure of participating in a forum about post-election issues affecting the LGBTQ community at the Hudson...
Read MoreWHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? LOST BENEFITS IN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.
Lost retirement benefits are a critical part of an employment discrimination case. The title of this article comes from an ad campaign...
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