Archive for the ‘Pregnancy Discrimination’ Category
Long Island Bar Fires Pregnant Bartender
ABC News reports on Jennifer Paviglianiti’s charges of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Bartender in Topless Bar Says She Was Discriminated Against for Being Pregnant
By MARY KATHRYN BURKE and BRENNAN MCCORD
When Jennifer Paviglianiti, 29, of Centereach, N.Y., discovered she was pregnant, she hoped to wait until the three-month mark to tell [...]
Costs of Caregiver Discrimination Increasing for Employers
New Report Says Family Responsibilities Discrimination Cases on the Rise, Cost More
Treating employees less favorably because they have family caregiving obligations can land employers in court and result in significant liability, a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law concludes.
Litigation aimed at bias against U.S. workers who care for children or aging parents has [...]
Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes
New York Times :: CAREER COUCH
(A version of this article appeared in print on November 22, 2009, on page BU10 of the New York Times, New York edition.)
Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes
By EILENE ZIMMERMAN
Published: November 21, 2009
Q. You recently became pregnant and expect to continue working through the pregnancy and after maternity leave. [...]
Legal Minds Confront Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace
by Pat Lynch, Editor-in-Chief and Host of “Speak Up!”
Speak Up! invites women, and also men, who “speak” to women in terms of their values, their goals and their strong sense of community, to address issues, opportunities and successes that need to be heard by a larger audience of women leaders.
Jack Tuckner joins Speak Up! to [...]
“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 she told the owner of the medical practice that she was pregnant. “I was stunned,” says Overstreet. She knew her boss’s claim [...]
Blog Talk Radio: Jack Tuckner on Gender Discrimination
From Blog Talk Radio:
Faten Abdallah interviews Jack Tuckner, leading civil rights trial attorney, and the co-founding partner of Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, a NYC-based law firm dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace.