August 14, 2019
Pregnancy Discrimination

Exercising Your Rights to Pump at Work Featured on Boober

Thank you, Boober, for the opportunity to provide information on using New York City’s Lactation Room Law to advocate for yourself at work.

Exercising Your Rights to Pump at Work | Boober

exercising your rights to pump at work BY ALEX BERKE, ASSOCIATE AT BERKE-WEISS LAW PLLC Breastfeeding New Yorkers received a new series of protections in March 2019, when the New York City Human Rights Law was updated to include specific requirements for employers with 4 or more employees to create lactation rooms and policies governing their use.

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Americans Still Uncomfortable Returning to Work or Being in Crowds

May 20, 2020
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As we learn more about the virus, one thing that is increasingly clear is that many of the major outbreaks are occurring at the workplace, with significant hotspots at prisons, call centers, meat processing facilities, and warehouses where many people are crammed together in poorly ventilated areas. At the end of April, 66% of workers were not comfortable returning to the workplace.

Culture Wars, Not Class Struggle, at the Root of Anti-Lockdown Protests

May 19, 2020
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Though media outlets, politicians and protestors all claim that these protests against shutdown represent the will of the working class, polls have repeatedly shown that the less income you have, the more likely you are to be concerned about infection.

Early Discrimination Lawsuits Under Families First Act Highlight Potential New Front in Employment Discrimination

May 15, 2020
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The Families First Act stipulates that employers must give employee-parents whose children’s day care facilities or schools closed in response to coronavirus paid leave if they cannot work remotely. Lawsuits are already being filed relating to violations of this Act, and family responsibilities discrimination will be a growing field in the coming months.
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