New York City has expanded on existing requirements to provide lactation rooms to employees who express milk for up to three years following child birth.
Associates Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke submitted testimony at the February 13, 2019 Joint Committee Hearing on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Albany.
New York State recently published draft materials related to the new legislation expanding protections against sexual harassment in the workplace. Learn more.
New York State’s anti-sexual harassment laws require employers to update or create an anti-sexual harassment policy, complaint form and employee training.
Laurie Berke-Weiss has been selected to the 2018 Top 100 Lawyers: NY Metro List, and to the Top 50 Women: NY Metro List. Alexandra Berke has been selected to the 2018 New York Rising Stars list.
The International Bar Association surveyed practicing lawyers around the world, identifying barriers to women in commercial legal practice achieving senior positions and positions of authority in their law firms.
The New York State Legislature and New York City Council have recently enacted new measures in an attempt to prevent sexual harassment. Both legislative bodies passed a series of new laws that employers need to be aware of and comply with.
On Friday, January 5, the U.S. Department of Labor adopted a new test for determining whether interns qualify as employees under the FLSA, rescinding agency guidance from 2010.
Berke-Weiss Law PLLC is proud to announce it has been certified as a woman owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States.
