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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COVID-19 testing and Anti-Discrimination Law

April 28, 2020
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“Immunity passports”? “Antibody certificates”? As countries around the world consider widespread antibody or immunity testing as a precondition for normal, non-distanced life, many raise the prospect of “second class citizenship” based on COVID-19 immunity.

COVID-19 Exposes Our Reliance on Women and Undervaluation of Care Work

April 28, 2020
Gender Discrimination
COVID-19 has exposed many of our society’s underlying problems. And with these concerns, a particular demographic has been disproportionately affected -- women.

What’s Next? As States Look to Reopen, Technology Looms

April 22, 2020
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As coronavirus continues to rage throughout the world, many experts are starting to speculate on when and how to loosen federal, state and municipal restrictions on movement and business. “Contact tracing” is a critical piece of that puzzle.
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