November 14, 2019
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Berke-Weiss Law Serves the Mid-Hudson Valley

After serving clients in the Mid-Hudson Valley for the past two years, Berke-Weiss Law PLLC is excited to announce that we are meeting clients in Beacon, New York, at 355 Main Street. The firm looks forward to continuing to serve the Mid-Hudson Valley as employment attorneys from our new location. Please contact us if you need assistance and want to schedule an appointment to meet with an attorney in Beacon.

Associate Alex Berke quoted in Mother Jones on Defamation and Sexual Harassment

February 18, 2020
Sexual Harassment
Alex Berke, an employment lawyer in New York, says she asks men what their goal is when they come to her after being accused of sexual harassment. Will a lawsuit really stop people from talking about them?

The Rhetoric of Choice Obscures Our Social Obligations to Parents

January 30, 2020
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Pregnancy Discrimination
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Who should foot the bill or take responsibility for social reproduction as more women were pressed into the workforce, government or the individual? In the US, the answer was resounding: the individual. And this has had significant consequences for working parents since. By placing the responsibility on the individual, almost always the mother, parents have been in a bind for decades and any "choices" available reside in an astonishingly thin sliver of options constrained by structural inequalities

NYC Commission on Human Rights Clarifies Work Protections for Independent Contractors and Freelancers

January 30, 2020
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New York City's Commission On Human Rights has published new information for freelancers and contractors working in the city.

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