Keeping a record of incidents can help victims protect their rights.
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Can Recording Details Help Fight Harassment?
Bullying should not be welcomed in any work setting.
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When Does Workplace Tension Become Hostility?
3 Muslim women sue for religious discrimination over hijabs https://bit.ly/3bSmVrt
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3 Muslim women sue for religious discrimination over hijabs | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Don't let discrimination slide in the workplace https://bit.ly/35qLYRw
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Don't let discrimination slide in the workplace | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
How should your employer address sexual harassment claims? https://bit.ly/3k3Mitz
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How should your employer address sexual harassment claims? | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Worker compensated for Family and Medical Leave Act violation https://bit.ly/2DBdPTw
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Worker compensated for Family and Medical Leave Act violation | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Department For Retaliation After She Reported Policies That Illegally Targeted Young Black Men
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Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Department For Retaliation After She Reported Policies That Illegally Targeted Young Black Men
Veteran sergeant sues DC Police, claiming retaliation for reporting improper tactics https://bit.ly/2IuBcQx
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Veteran sergeant sues DC Police, claiming retaliation for reporting improper tactics
The Washington Post reported on Sergeant Charlotte Djossou’s whistleblower case against the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. She reported and protested that officers were illegally targeting young black men for arrests and were altering the crime statistics, and her supervisors retaliated against her by making false allegations about her performance.
The New Yorker, in a feature article on how the Department of Labor is improperly favoring corporations over workers during the coronavirus pandemic, discussed one of our Firm’s clients who was fired when she insisted on workplace safeguards before returning to the office. https://bit.ly/2TifP77
Read Peter Whelan's recent article about CARES Act Fraud as a False Claims Act Whistleblower. https://bit.ly/35DdJVg
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Reporting CARES Act Fraud as a False Claims Act Whistleblower | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC | Washington, D.C.
Lynne Bernabei is presenting at the Brooklyn Bar Association’s CLE session, “Whistleblower and First Amendment Protections for Career Civil Servants, Inspector Generals, Policy Makers and U.S. Attorney Generals who have been fired or demoted by the Trump Administration” (Oct. 27, 2020). Lynne’s talk focuses on the laws that are intended to protect federal appointees and employees, and the shortcomings in those protections. https://bit.ly/31HPUKV
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Verbal and cyber harassment are issues in the workplace https://bit.ly/3mZn1SP
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Verbal and cyber harassment are issues in the workplace | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
There are limits to what employers can prohibit workers from doing when it comes to what they wear and what they do with their hair.
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Employee Protections For Dress And Grooming
Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC is honored to be named in the latest edition of Best Lawyers in America for 2021 for their work in employment law. Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC is nationally ranked in 1 practice area and regionally ranked in 2 practice areas. The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Lynne Bernabei will be moderating and serving as a panelist on the “Cross-Border Workplace Investigations” session at the American Bar Association’s annual Labor and Employment Law conference (November 13, 2020).
Workplace investigations of employment and compliance matters are already complicated and often sensitive. Investigations in an international context, where not only laws but also cultural norms and values can differ greatly, present even deeper and broader challenges. This panel of multi-disciplinary, multi-national investigators and advisors will explore the challenges and potential solutions to this growing set of issues.
Panelists:
Mercedes Balado Bevilacqua (MBB Abogados, Argentina)
Mia Belk (in-house counsel, Dentsply Sirona, Philadelphia)
Lynne Bernabei (Bernabei & Kabat, Washington D.C.)
D. Jan Duffy (Management Practices Group, San Francisco)
Benjamin C. Hensler (Worker Rights Consortium, Washington D.C.)
Please join us in congratulating Devin Wrigley who was named a 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star! The Rising Star award is a special designation earned through nomination, research, and peer evaluation. No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in a state are named to the Rising Stars list. Bernabei & Kabat is proud to have Ms. Wrigley on our team.
Requests for reasonable accommodations can face pushback https://bit.ly/3kzu4jb
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Requests for reasonable accommodations can face pushback | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC is again honored to be recognized as Super Lawyers in 2020. Attorneys Lynne Bernabei & Alan Kabat are recognized as Super Lawyers and attorneys Kristen Sinisi and Devin Wrigley are recognized as Rising Stars. https://bit.ly/375Zysz
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Suicide risk increases for sexual harassment victims https://bit.ly/2UM3hGb
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Suicide risk increases for sexual harassment victims | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Is it time to make changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act? https://bit.ly/3qfoqqE
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Is it time to make changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act? | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Alleged FMLA violations lead to lawsuit https://bit.ly/3lSOQuT
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Alleged FMLA violations lead to lawsuit | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
On November 30, 2020, the Washington D.C. Council took the first of two votes to enact a ban on non-competes that applies to all employees, except for those who work for the D.C. and federal governments. There is also an exception for physicians who have completed a residency and are earning over $250,000. Learn more by reading the following blog written by Alan Kabat: https://bit.ly/37I92dY
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Non-Compete Agreements banned in the District of Columbia | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Non-Compete Agreements banned in the District of Columbia https://bit.ly/3mzjV82
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Non-Compete Agreements banned in the District of Columbia | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Female against female gender discrimination occurs in workplaces https://bit.ly/3qWJe6u
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Female against female gender discrimination occurs in workplaces | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Having conversations about reasonable accommodations https://bit.ly/3mSwn2c
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Having conversations about reasonable accommodations | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Lynne Bernabei has been selected by Washingtonian Magazine in Washington, DC’s Best Lawyers: Employment Plaintiffs in the December 2020 issue. Congratulations Lynne!
Visually impaired workers can request reasonable accommodations https://bit.ly/3bzsgGn
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Visually impaired workers can request reasonable accommodations | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
The rights of older employees in the workplace https://bit.ly/3p1VktC
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The rights of older employees in the workplace | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Sometimes decades of workplace experience is treated as a detriment, not an asset.
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6 Common Ways Older Workers Are Mistreated
Prep for surgery by talking with your employer about taking leave https://bit.ly/3paUDgZ
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Prep for surgery by talking with your employer about taking leave | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Law360 published Alan Kabat’s commentary on the D.C. Court of Appeals decision in Jacobson Holman PLLC v. Gentner, court decision decided on February 4, 2021. Alan discusses how the decision squarely rejects the attempts by law firms to impose financial penalties on departing partners who leave for other law firms. Those penalties violate Rule 5.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, since they interfere with the attorney-client relationship, and prevent clients from being able to choose their lawyer. Alan also explains how law firms will need to review and amend their partnership agreements to remove these unethical financial penalties.
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Family and Medical Leave Act violations harm workers, companies https://bit.ly/3qFxVOI
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Family and Medical Leave Act violations harm workers, companies | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Work relations may not always be cordial, but when relations are tinged by bias, it's okay to speak up.
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When Does Workplace Treatment Cross The Line?
Types of workplace harassment you may experience https://bit.ly/3v9YzTC
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Types of workplace harassment you may experience | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Hearing impaired employees and their rights in the workplace https://bit.ly/30KPpPt
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Hearing impaired employees and their rights in the workplace | Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Law360 published Alan Kabat’s article on Inside DC Bar’s New Guidance On Multiple Representation
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Hearing impairment should not affect how an employer treats an employee.
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All Employees Have The Same Rights
