July 22, 2022

Senior Associates Cover "Workplace Protections For Employees Seeking Abortion Care" for Law360

                   

         

In the days and weeks following the Dobbs decision, several national employers ranging from Disney to Tesla have stepped up to offer travel benefits for their employees who must seek abortion care in another state.

While the moves are well meaning, intention does not always translate to practice. Nebulous questions still cloud the issue, not the least of which: “What if I don’t want to tell my employer I need abortion care?”

In an article published in Law360, Senior Associates Rosa Aliberti and Alex Berke dive into the question and explore the rights that employees already have, which they can leverage to assist in their effort to reach abortion care. You can read their piece, “Workplace Protections For Employees Seeking Abortion Care,” here.

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It Pays to Listen to Your Employees

April 18, 2022
Disability Discrimination
A Kentucky jury’s recent finding underscores how important it is to listen to employee’s needs, especially when employees are sharing the mental health bases for their requests. Such open-minded attitudes and awareness of the consequences of disability discrimination usually lead to less strife and more equity in the long-run.

Two Years In, NWLC Releases Sobering Study on Women’s Employment

April 7, 2022
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While the disastrous recession that accompanied the first wave of global lockdowns has receded, women’s employment in the US remains in a dire place, according to a new study by the National Women’s Law Center.

Confirmation Hearings Descend into Farce as Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Remains Steadfast

April 1, 2022
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With an unimpeachable public record, Kentanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings, predictably, veered into farce as Senate Republicans grandstanded for cable news, trotting out various electoral bogeymen, especially Critical Race Theory, and tried to smear Jackson by association.

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