Law Office of Christine A. Rodriguez

12/31/2022

Happy New Year from the Law Office of Christine A Rodriguez. May 2023 bring good health, prosperity, joy and love to all! Thank you to all our clients, colleagues, friends and family for your trust in and support of the firm for over 15 years! We are eternally grateful.

12/08/2022

Latina Equal Payday is today. Latinas are still miles behind the rest of the work force when it comes to equal pay. It has not improved in any significant way since the numbers have been reported. This year, the date is much later (it was October 21 last year) and almost did not happen this year. We continue to work to change this.

Today is Latina Equal Pay Day. Find out what this civil rights attorney and activist says we need to do in order to close the wage gap for Latina workers in our country.

11/23/2022

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CRLaw - https://mailchi.mp/e068e2e6377e/happy-thanksgiving-from-all-of-us-at-crlaw

11/01/2022

New York City's pay transparency law takes effect today. It applies to any business with 4 or more employees. Along with New York State's ban on requests for salary history from prospective employees this is another critical step to make employers accountable for wage disparities based on race, gender and other protected categories. It is a welcome protection, especially for many women. We cannot ignore wage disparity and gender pay gaps any longer. This year, equal pay day for Black women just passed on September 21. They get paid 67 cents for every 1 dollar a white male makes. Latinas won't make equal pay this year until December 8 because they only get paid 58 cents for every 1 dollar a white male makes. Everyone should be paid equally for what they earn!

Effective November 1, 2022, the NYC Human Rights Law requires employers to include a good faith pay range in all job advertisements. NYC's Salary Transparency Law is another step towards pay equity for all New Yorkers, and is the latest addition to a suite of protections against discrimination for N...

02/25/2022

Wow, I made the list of nominees. Charlotte has been very good to me since I expanded my practice to North Carolina and it is an honor just to be nominated!

Today, we introduce you to a very special group of Charlotte residents — the nominees for the third-annual Charlotte Ledger 40 Over 40 awards, presented by U.S. Bank. Our independent panel of 15 responsible under-40 judges are working hard to select the 40 winners, but we want to share *all* of the nominees for the awards to recognize all of the hard work going on to make Charlotte a better place.

Once the winners are selected, they will be recognized in a special edition of The Ledger, and we will honor them on April 28 at a fun 1980s-themed party, with food, drinks, music and some surprises. To learn more about the 40 Over 40 Awards and event, go to Ledger40Over40.com.

And now, without further ado, here are our 132 nominees:
Nicole Abinanti
Krista Adams‏
Zurilma Anuel
Kim Aprill
David (Dae-Lee) Arrington
Brian Baltosiewich
Chris Berger
Phil Berman
Glenda Bernhardt
Nancy Betler
Vijay Bhojwani
Sylvia Bittle-Patton
Lynda Bouchard
Sam Bowles
Tonya Brandon
Jessica Bronzert
Janet Brooks
Jeff Bundy
Greg Busch
Stacy Cassio
Michael Chen
Jonathan Coppedge-Henley
Alyson Craig
Deborah Crawford
Brandon Crumpton
Nathan Currie
Greg Deese
Ted Dickson
John Dillard
Fred Dodson
Rita Dominguez
Patty Dowdy
Rick Dunlap
Susan Elkins
Michael Estramonte
Shanna-Lee Fair
Faith Fickling-Alvarez
Patrick George
Joe Giordano
Karen Graci
Jermaine Green
Marc Gustafson
Bonnie Hall
Joe Hamby
Robert Hannigan
Teresa Hernandez
Caleb Holloway
Melissa Hovey
Sanjay Iyer
Josh Jacobson
Tonya Jameson
Bryan Johnson
Sharisse Johnson
Glorisha Jones
Brian Kahn
Tara Keener
Lindsay Kelly
Marcie Kelso
Demeka Kimpson
Rebecca LaClaire
Amanda Lane
Angela Lanning
Kim Lanphear
Peter Leo
Terza Lima-Neves
Jane Llewelyn
Katie Lock
Kellie Lofton
Sarah Lofton
D.C. Lucchesi
Bryan Maddex
Paul Marks
Rachel Martin
LaTanya McClurkin-Terrell
Meg McElwain
Marie McLucas
Natasha McMichael
Daryle McNair
David Mildenberg
Connie Mulroy
Kurma Murrain
Joe Mynatt
Nikki Nissen
Laura Noble
James O'Reilly
Steve Oreskovic
Scott Pacitti
Mo Pandoria
Omar Parkes
Brad Patterson
Sharon Patterson
Karen Pelletier
Ashley Pharr-Godbee
Ryan Platt
Walter Price
Anna Priester
Erin Pugh
Suzanne Pugh
Emily Ratliff
Sandra Rettis
Phanalphie Rhue
Meredith Ritchie
Bradley Ritter
Christine Rodriguez
Angel Rutledge
Michael Sammut
Keba Samuel
Joseph ("Jack") Santaniello
John Short
Kit Sluder
Lou Solomon
Tucker Sommerville
Randy Souther
Veronica Southerland
Robin Stockton
Mike Sullivan
Jennifer Szakaly
Rokeya Thomas
Richard Thurmond
Joanne Verkuilen
Angie Vincent-Hamacher
Marty Viser
Landis Wade
Victor Werany
Laura White
Marty White
Mary Wilken
Greg Willingham
Douglas Wilson
Judy Wishnek
Mary Lee Young
Holly Zipperer

02/14/2022

Happy Valentine's Day!! Let's all take some time today to recommit to loving one another, always acting with kindness, opening ourselves to be empathetic, treating others with compassion and tolerance regardless of our personal perspectives and opinions and caring for each other, every single day. Love is the one thing that will keep us from destroying one another and our planet. Commit to embracing difference as an opportunity to broaden your own perspective and always act with love.

10/15/2021

Join Christine on Thursday October 21, 2021 at 6pm as she moderates a web discussion on the Gender Pay Gap

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02/14/2021

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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden placed giant Valentine heart messages on the White House lawn to give us all a dose of what we all need - LOVE.  What does that really mean?  It is a simple formula that we all know how to mix, deep down:  compassion, kindness, open-hearts, tolerance, the ability to  l...

12/23/2020

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It is very likely that every holiday message you receive this season starts off with a reference to the suffering and challenges of 2020.  My message to you is no different because it is important that we acknowledge how hard this year has been for everyone.  Many of you have suffered unimaginable...

10/30/2020

Latinas on average make 67 cents to every dollar earned by the average non-Latino white male in this country. The wage disparity for Latinas is greater than every other group, with Black women only a short step above.

October 29 is Latina Equal Pay Day, marking how far into 2020—nearly 11 months—the typical Latina must work to make the same amount as the typical non-Hispanic white man was paid in 2019. Latina workers are paid just 67 cents on the dollar on an average hourly basis, relative to non-Hispanic whi...

10/22/2020

On Monday I had the privilege to and honor of participating in a Q & A about Employment Law during an AMA webinar produced by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, and jointly funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research and the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Here's a link to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/bucprama/episodes/Episode-18-_-Intersectionality-at-Work-Navigating-Multiple-Forms-of-Discrimination-elcde8

Ask Me Anything Interactive Q&A Webinar with Guest Experts Jennifer L. Bills, JD and Christine A. Rodriguez, JD, recorded October 19th, 2020.

09/19/2020

We are profoundly saddened to learn of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was an inspiration to millions. I hope she watches over us from beyond. May she rest in peace.