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Chamber of Mothers is a newly formed group by moms and for moms, currently focusing on advocating for federal paid leave.

On Monday, November 1, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law providing Paid Family Leave to individuals caring for siblings. New York already has one of the nation’s most extensive family leave programs, providing employees leave to bond with a new child, to provide care for a relative, or to provide care when a spouse, child, parent, or domestic partner are called into active military duty. The inclusion of siblings under relative coverage goes even further to protecting family’s time off when the need arises.

Everyday forms of gender discrimination that doesn’t add up to a lawsuit can be just as damaging to women’s careers.

Conservative Democratic Senators continue to whittle away the President’s signature social spending plan, and paid family leave is heading for the chopping block, an incredible blow to families already struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

The medical profession’s apprenticeship is notoriously grueling. But for women, there has been an additional consequence attributed to the routine: infertility.

Ivy Slater, a business coach, speaker, and author, was joined by Senior Associate Alex Berke and Dr. Melba Nicholson Sullivan in a LinkedIn Live session of her “Slater Success Live” about running the return-to-work marathon.

As an employment law firm, one of our main goals is to champion change for our clients and others who experience sexual harassment in the workplace. The importance of this endeavor reached new heights when it came to light that the former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, had been sexually harassing women in his office (and outside) for years. Learn more from Senior Associate Alex Berke on the Delve’s Podcast.

Across the nation school districts, cities, and private employers have spent the summer making vaccination mandatory for people to take part in all aspects of life, including going to the gym, returning to work, or attending a concert. Now, with the full FDA approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the federal government has weighed in.

Read about the latest trends in Covid-related workplace lawsuits.

A little more than a week after Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) went into effect in the state of Texas, most of us still have anxious questions about the unconstitutional law, not least of which is, what can be done about this?

Senior Associate Alex Berke's latest piece for the Daily Beast teases out some of the implications and details of this Texas law and how it doesn't bode well for abortion rights in the future.

The federal government has made moves to expand disability coverage to include long Covid sufferers. President Biden made the announcement in July as part of the country’s celebration of the 31st anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.