About Us

Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP is a progressive New York City law firm dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace. We represent individuals experiencing all forms of workplace discrimination, specifically those affecting women, including sexual harassment, equal pay, pregnancy discrimination and family and medical leave act violations.

“My reproductive rights got in the way of the mission”: Krista Errickson

Krista Errickson has refused to be a mere addition to the ever growing statistics related to pregnancy discrimination at American workplace.
Instead, she has filed a lawsuit against her former employer Faye Wattleton. Ironically, Wattleton represents a non-profit working in the sphere of women’s rights, Center for the Advancement of Women.
Jack Tuckner, who represents […]

Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job

Very informative, and authoritative. Deborah Kotz writes about Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job on US News
Are you planning to get pregnant in the near future? How would I have responded if my prospective boss had asked me this some 13 years ago during a job interview for a medical journal? I did, in fact, […]

MSNBC’s Morning Joe is Disgusting

Not really strange that Morning Joe found the pregnant transgender man “disgusting”. What is more bothersome is that the anchors were visibly so upset at the news and so absolutely unbelievably shocked that one must cease to wonder why the country is truly headed in wrong direction (81% of Americans believe so, according to latest […]

Pregnant women filing more bias issues

Complaints surged 14% last year; up 40% over decade
SUE SHELLENBARGER
Wall Street Journal

A spike to record levels in pregnancy-discrimination complaints to regulators suggests more women are speaking up about suspected workplace bias.
Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14 percent last year to 5,587, up 40 percent from a decade ago and the […]

A Victory for Working Mothers

By Erin Kodilanen
A new labor law states that as of August 15, 2007 nursing mothers may express breast milk at work. This allows pumping, not breast feeding your child at work, up to, but not exceeding three years after the child’s birth. Article 206-c of the New York State labor law states:
“206-c. Right of […]

Pregnant Pause? Six Tips to Take Control

By Maya Opendak

The recent MarketWatch article provides a much-needed reminder of the
difficulties that women face in the workplace as a direct result of
the simple physiology that distinguishes us from our male colleagues.
The article describes a rise on pregnancy related discrimination amid
drops in racial and sexual harassment and suggests mostly formal steps
in preventing the often difficult […]

A Victory for Working Moms in NY

The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill requiring employers to allow “nursing moms to express breast milk” while at work. What’s more, the bill, awaiting a signature from Governor Eliott Spitzer, will also require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a private space for women to pump.
The passage of the bill is […]

Cash for Kids: When will America follow suit?

Companies including Panasonic, Cannon, and Sharp are paying their employees for having children. The birth rate in Japan is low and Japanese employers are feeling pressure from the Japanese Government. This appears to be the complete opposite of what is going on in the United States. Many employers in the U.S. appear […]

Pregnancy Discrimination is on the Rise

By Jennifer Garvey
Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace can include; refusal to hire a woman because she is pregnant, terminating a woman because she is pregnant, demoting a woman because she is pregnant, and sometimes even questioning a woman’s plan about the possibility of becoming pregnant in the future. These acts are all illegal, but […]

Breastfeeding at work is not a matter of debate

By Jennifer Garvey
According to the World Health Organization it is recommended to mothers to breast feed rather than use breast milk substitutes. It has been found that breast milk is the best source of nutrients for infants. However, with many mothers in the workforce it is hard for them to maintain breastfeeding their […]