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July, 13 2020 / by Lee Bantle / No comments

Those with Family Responsibilities Have Workplace Protections in the Era of COVID-19

By David Krauss Since the city’s schools and daycare centers were closed in March 2020, working New York parents have faced an often-impossible balancing act: performing their job responsibilities while simultaneously caring for and overseeing the “distance learning” of their homebound children. As Mayor DeBlasio has confirmed, New York City public schools will not be […]

June, 30 2020 / by Lee Bantle / No comments

Equality Arrives for LGBTQ Employees!

By Lee Bantle and Hannah Meropol In 1970, Jack Baker and his life partner, James McConnell, applied to the state of Minnesota for a marriage license.  It was the first time in U.S. history that two men had sought to marry.  This was a revolutionary act which we can now see was the first step […]