June 1, 2021
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Staffing Updates at Berke-Weiss Law

In firm-related news, Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke have recently been promoted from Associate to Senior Associate. Congratulations to them for their promotions! We want to celebrate and recognize their fantastic work at the Firm and their tenacious dedication to our clients. 

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Finne Murphy as she joins the team as the new Paralegal/Legal assistant. She graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in English and American Literatures. She’s previously worked as an accessibility partner at Amazon in Seattle, WA.

We are also very excited to welcome Katina Smith as our newest law clerk for the Summer. Katina is a rising 3L at Fordham Law, where she is enjoying her coursework in Negotiations. She is a member of the Fashion Law Society and will be participating in the Mediation Clinic in the fall. She has varied intern experiences from the Brooklyn Housing Court to spending a year as Judge Jeanine Pirro's intern on Fox News. Welcome, Katina!

This Week’s FFCRA Complaints: The Wrongful Terminations Continue 

August 21, 2020
Leave
Disability Discrimination
Since we started this weekly blog post in May, we've read and summarized over 50 complaints filed under the new leave law. As we’ve pointed out, many of these complaints follow almost a template, with workers being terminated for either taking legally-allowed precautions to protect fellow workers from potential infection or for having legitimate reasons to take leave, often to care for a family member or child.

In an Uncommon Move, McDonald’s Sues Former CEO

August 20, 2020
Sexual Harassment
It’s not every day that a blue chip company decides to sue a former executive, let alone its erstwhile CEO, but this is exactly what McDonald’s did by suing Steve Easterbrook, who had been fired last year for inappropriate conduct, specifically, sexting with an employee.

The Art of the Doctor’s Note

August 19, 2020
Pregnancy Discrimination
We’ve all needed one at some point –– a doctor’s note explaining that we’re out for the count on some otherwise necessary aspect of work or school, at least temporarily. Many people are realizing that because of COVID, they don’t feel safe at work due to a disability, and need to modify their pre-pandemic job to accommodate this new reality. In this type of situation, what do you ask your doctor for? What does such a note need to include to help you successfully advocate for your rights?
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