Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP

Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP As New York sexual harassment and women’s discrimination lawyers, we represent women who are harassed and illegally discriminated against in the workplace.

We are New York's wrongful termination and employment discrimination lawyers. If you are facing pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, age discrimination or gender pay disparity, we understand what it’s costing you. Financially. Physically. Emotionally. We can help. Since 1999 we have represented hundreds of women and men against all forms of unjust workplace conduct, including wrongful termination, all forms of gender discrimination such as sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and maternity leave violations, and race, age, ethnicity, and religious discrimination, as well as those who have been illegally fired or the subject of wrongful termination. Contact us today to find out how we can help you.

10/11/2026

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the response to my microaggressions video. The comments, questions, and personal stories have been extraordinary. Clearly, this hit a nerve.

I wish I could answer everybody individually, but there are hundreds of questions, and they keep coming.

So here's an idea: Let's do a LIVE.

I've never done one, but I'd love to get into some of these questions about workplace discrimination, retaliation, the EEOC, finding a lawyer, and protecting your rights before things go south.

We can talk about the law and workplace strategies, although individual cases need to be evaluated privately, with all the relevant facts.

If there's interest, let's try one this coming week. Would you join?

And if you'd like to contact our firm, email [email protected]. Put the social media platform where you found me in the subject line so our team can route your inquiry.

10/10/2026

Microaggressions at work: incessant, everyday paper cuts that insult your competence and invalidate your reality.

I represent many Black women in leadership who know exactly what that feels like.

One extraordinarily accomplished woman came to me while she was still employed, questioning whether the discrimination she was experiencing was real. We worked together behind the scenes as she raised her concerns about race and s*x discrimination, clearly, credibly and consistently.

And every time she pushed back, her employer made things worse.

She was ultimately fired. But those complaints, made BEFORE her termination, helped establish the retaliation claim and the legal leverage that led to a successful settlement.

Had she waited until after she was fired to speak up, it would have been a very different case.

You don't need a smoking gun to raise a good-faith concern about discrimination. Get advice early. Explain why you reasonably believe you're being treated differently because of your race, s*x or another protected characteristic. Put it in writing.

A right you don't raise is a right you don't have.

10/09/2026

You can be fired WHEN you're pregnant, Black, over 40, disabled, or on FMLA leave. But you cannot lawfully be fired BECAUSE of a protected characteristic or for exercising your FMLA rights.

That's the distinction every employee needs to understand.

At-will employment doesn't give employers a license to discriminate. And menopause-related discrimination may also implicate s*x, age, or disability protections.

10/09/2026

You can suffer discrimination at work for months, even years, without ever making a protected complaint. And that distinction matters.

Whether it's s*x, race, pregnancy, menopause, age, disability or gender identity, if you believe you're being treated differently because of who you are, don't just suffer in silence. Put your concerns in writing. Tell your employer what you believe is discriminatory and why.

A good-faith complaint about conduct you reasonably believe is unlawful can give you separate protection against retaliation. It doesn't make you immune from being fired, but it can change the legal equation.

A right you don't raise is a right you don't have.

10/08/2026

First we fought and won full protections for pregnancy, next up, menopause. But until the Menopausal Workers Fairness Act becomes law, similar to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2023, you’re still protected even now.

10/08/2026

Dealing with and at ? You’re got rights! Exercise ‘em and request flexibility aka, reasonable accommodations.

10/06/2026

A woman’s body is everybody’s business when somebody else wants something from it, and somehow nobody’s business when she needs something because of it. Too attractive? Cover up. Menstrual pain? Suck it up. Pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause? Don’t let it affect your work.

Women have been expected to manage everyone else’s reaction to their bodies while suffering silently through what those bodies actually experience. Enough. If it’s affecting your work, speak up and ask for what you need. A right you don’t raise is a right you don’t have.

10/05/2026

You do not lose the right to recover from childbirth just because your employer tells you you’re not eligible for FMLA.

If your employer has at least 15 employees, federal pregnancy protections still apply, and you’re entitled to recover from childbirth. An employer doesn’t get to tell you, “Come back five days after having the baby or lose your job,” just because you don’t qualify for FMLA. That’s bu****it. Know your rights before you go out on leave.

10/05/2026

Perimenopause or menopause symptoms affecting your work? Get evaluated, figure out what you need, and ask for it in writing before the symptoms get turned into a performance problem. You may have more legal protection than you realize.

10/04/2026

Most s*xual harassment isn’t cartoonishly obvious. If you’re being s*xualized, objectified, harassed, or treated differently because of your s*x, put the complaint in writing. That changes the legal terrain.

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