June 16, 2017
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NYU Law Center for Labor and Employment Law Conference

On Friday, June 9, 2017, Laurie Berke-Weiss introduced Hon. Victoria Lipnic, Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at the NYU School of Law Center for Labor and Employment Law's 70th Annual Conference on Labor: Sharing the Gains of the U.S. Global Economy. Lipnic delivered the keynote address.

Scholars, practitioners and policymakers – including US Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta (luncheon speaker), former New York Times labor and workplace correspondent Steven Greenhouse, National Labor Relations Board Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra, and Prof. Samuel Estreicher, faculty director of the Center for Labor and Employment Law – focused on the challenges faced by the US economy in the areas of immigration, trade, automation and income inequality.

The speakers evaluated and proposed solutions, including apprenticeship training, tightening up temporary visas, wage insurance, stock ownership and profit-sharing, tax reform, and universal basic income.

Laurie Berke-Weiss was honored to introduce Acting Chair of the EEOC, Victoria Lipnic, a career public servant with so much experience helping working Americans.

This blog post was drafted by Berke-Weiss Law PLLC Summer Associate, Iva Popa.

 

Domestic Worker Rights in the Pandemic

April 20, 2020
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The hardest hit demographic during the coronavirus pandemic has been the world’s elderly population, but what can be missing from the reporting is the precarious employment of many domestic workers and senior caregivers whose work has been affected by the lockdowns. Domestic care workers are eligible for unemployment insurance in New York, and we encourage those who have been laid off to apply.

COVID-19: Know Your Rights Training for Law Students

April 17, 2020
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Watch this recorded presentation delivered by Associate Alex Berke to the Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 16, 2020. Alex discussed frequently asked COVID-19 legal questions.

Hazard Pay for Essential Workers?

April 14, 2020
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Currently only some federal employees are legally entitled to hazard pay, but there are some proposals in Congress to change that.

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