http://womensrightsny.com/blog Women's Rights in the Workplace Advocacy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:43:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 such a stride. As a native Manhattanite, New York State laws frequently strike me as bizarre. ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/06/18/homosex-and-the-city/ 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 won’t stop. Sexual harassment can be relentless, consuming your work and your life. It happened to these women—and ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/06/17/firstline/ By Jack Tuckner, Esq. As many of you know, I have recently been viciously attacked, along with the discrimination law firm which I have co-founded, Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, by a former employee, Lisa Brockington. Ms. Brockington, the person now making these despicable and false allegations against the firm ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/06/06/tuckner/ 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 ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/05/22/krista/ By Samantha Mc Lane Equal Pay Day is a movement that aims for the benefit of all working women in the United States without exception. However, as incredible as it is that gender inequity still persists in this century, inequity and differences remain between races, national origin and legal status. The ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/29/latina/ Today is being observed as Equal Pay Day (the point in 2008 when the average woman's wages finally catch up with what the average man earned in 2007). As ceremonious as it may sound, its apt to look at the statistics once again with hope and protest. Women in the ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/18/pay-2/ The blog entry can be found here. http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/16/fair/ BOB ROSNER for ABC News asks to Keep Detailed Records and Don't Be Afraid to Make a Scene Dear WOUNDED: A co-worker says offensive things to me daily. I just don't know how to shut him up. ANSWER: Harassment shouldn't be in anyone's job description. But before we offer strategies to address ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/10/bob/ How common is weight discrimination? Very, as a recent survey finds: Amy Norton writes for Reuters Health - Discrimination against the overweight may be about as prevalent as racial discrimination, the results of a survey of U.S. adults suggest. Using data from a survey of nearly 2,300 Americans, researchers at Yale University, ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/10/weight/ 'Learned the degree of pain' from community Todd A. Heywood writes for Between The Lines News - Issue 1615 Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C., told BTL last week that he and his organization stood by their decision to support a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act bill ... http://womensrightsny.com/blog/2008/04/10/hrc-2/