Posts Tagged ‘jack tuckner’
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 [...]
This is What a Conservative Looks Like
Q: How many “Conservatives” does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: How many do you want it to take and what’s it worth to you?
“Americans oppose the Democratic [health care] plan because they know the final product is a colossal legislative mistake.” Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell
The “colossal mistake” this wealthy lawyer [...]
Woman Sues NYC Firm Over Hostile Work Environment
Claims Sexual Harassment, Anti-Muslim Discrimination
By John Slattery for CBS
A female employee of a Manhattan publishing company has filed suit, claiming a very hostile work enviornment. She said she was targeted because she’s a woman and a Muslim.
Nona Abdelrehim, 26, said the magazine firm she works for was like “Animal House,” a sort of jock [...]
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. [...]
Are Women Really Dominating the Workplace?
In response to Sunday Times of London reporter John Harlow’s query regarding Women Dominating the Workplace, Jack Tuckner filed this response.
Sometime next month, according to Dept. of Labor stats, there will, for the first time, be more women than men with full-time jobs in the U.S. We know the long-term cultural changes behind it, [...]
David Letterman: Power Differential is the Core Issue
Jack Tuckner was recently interviewed regarding David Letterman fiasco. We reproduce excerpts of his responses to the following questions:
1) Is it ever OK to date a co-worker and if so, when?
2) How often does this occur?
3) Should there be certain ground rules?
4) What if the company has a policy against dating a co-worker?
5) Letterman’s situation [...]
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.