January 3, 2018

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Berke-Weiss Law News Round Up: 2017

Berke-Weiss Law PLLC published a number of articles in 2017, and was featured in a few more, here is our round up of 2017 news:

Associate Alex Berke was quoted in a Well Rounded article about breastfeeding protections in the Affordable Care Act.
A Child Grows in Brooklyn published our article about "Five Things to Consider Before Telling Your Boss You're Pregnant."
Noobie Box published our tips on recognizing pregnancy discrimination at work.
Well Rounded published an article by Associates Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke about Trump's family leave plan.
PROnatal Fitness published an article by our Associates Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke, outlining "8 Questions to Ask About Maternity Leave."
Laurie Berke-Weiss and Alex Berke discussed paid family leave on the Akerman WorkedUp Podcast.
Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas hosted the Pregnancy Project for a seminar in Astoria.
Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke's article on "Negotiating Your Own Family or Maternity Leave: Set Yourself Up for Success!" was published in the November 2017 edition of the Woman Advocate, the American Bar Association's newsletter for women litigators.
Laurie Berke-Weiss was quoted in the New York Times about paid family leave for nannies.
Werk published Alex Berke's article "Pregnancy in the Workplace: Knowing Your Rights."

COVID-19 and Work

March 9, 2020

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Employers and employees have questions about what steps they should be taking to help protect against COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus in the workplace. We have compiled some useful resources to help you understand what actions to take at this time related to work.

With Michael Bloomberg in the Race, It's Time We Talk About NDAs (again)

February 25, 2020

Pregnancy Discrimination

Sexual Harassment

In 2018, Governor Cuomo signed a law that banned many NDAs and mandatory arbitration for complaints, but some activists and policymakers argued that the state had focused too narrowly on sexual harassment, and the 2019 laws expanded the 2018 laws to include protections against NDAs in other forms of workplace discrimination.

The Postpartum Ad the Oscars Wouldn't Run

February 24, 2020

Pregnancy Discrimination

Paid Family Leave

Sometimes reality is too real for Hollywood and the culture machine, as was demonstrated when ABC and the Academy decided not to air an ad dealing straightforwardly with the reality of postpartum life. The ad for Frida Mom, a retailer in the baby and new mother field, depicted a women confronting in a realistic manner the stress and changes that occur for new mothers.

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