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 [...]
As we have predicted since Lisa Brockington's "sexual harassment" allegations against Jack Tuckner and Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock and Sipser, LLP first became tabloid news last June, our innocence has been vindicated. Recognizing that her claims are no longer viable, and that they were based on misunderstandings, misinterpretations, misperceptions and misinformation, Brockington has voluntarily dropped her lawsuit.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank our former and current clients, as well as our families, colleagues, friends and loyal staff, for standing by us during the several months it took to firmly establish the truth. We can now put this unseemly and distractive episode behind us and focus once again on our mission of empowering working women and men in the quest for workplace fairness and equality.
“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 [...]