Berke-Weiss Law PLLC

09/20/2023

Excited to inform Cornell fashion students about employment law before they hit the “real world”

03/03/2021

Firm principal Laurie Berke-Weiss is quoted in the New York Law Journal article "'This Calls for a True Neutral': What's Next for the Investigation Into Sexual Harassment Claims Against Cuomo."

New York Attorney Letitia James is deciding on a law firm to be assigned a high-profile matter that could rattle New York politics and government. The appearance of propriety and neutrality will be crucial, experts said.

12/23/2020

11/02/2020

Berke-Weiss Law is proud to announce that all of our lawyers were once again recognized by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters in 2020!

Laurie Berke-Weiss has been selected to the 2020 Top 100 Lawyers: NY Metro list, and to the 2020 Top 50 Women: NY Metro List. Ms. Berke-Weiss has been a Super Lawyers nominee since 2006, and on the Top 50 Women: NY Metro list since 2011.

Rosa Aliberti has been selected to the 2020 New York Rising Stars list, and was also recognized as a Rising Star in 2019.

Alex Berke has been selected to the 2020 New York Rising Stars list. Ms. Berke was also nominated to the 2017, 2018 and 2019 New York Rising Stars list.

Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. This honor recognizes lawyers 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less.

10/29/2020

Read Associate Alex Berke's timely article on how employers should contend with the effects of employee political statements as tensions rise with days leading up to Election Day.

Next week's presidential election and this moment in America will raise thorny questions of balancing worker speech freedoms with employer rights, and the Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville offers guidance to both public and private employers, says Ale...

10/15/2020

Our Associate Alex Berke was quoted in the Wall Street Journal discussing employees' rights to file for disability benefits due to stress at work. "Stress itself is not going to be a reason. It has to manifest in some physical or mental condition."

An employee could file for short-term disability with the proper medical diagnosis, but there also are other options to consider under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

10/06/2020

Last month more than 865,000 women left the workforce, and one in four who remain are contemplating downshifting their careers or leaving entirely. Employers can take action to retain their employees who are parents - especially mothers.

More than 865,000 women “left” the labor market in September 2020 , demonstrating that the COVID pandemic is forcing women out of work. One in four women who are still in the workforce are considering downshifting their careers, or leaving the workforce entirely , due to the pressures of work an...

07/14/2020

Berke-Weiss Law PLLC staff examine New Yorkers' right to protest without fear of discipline at work, and address employee protesters' COVID-19 risk in the workplace in Law360.

Alexandra Berke, Kacie Candela and Margaret Lee at Berke-Weiss examine New Yorkers' rights to protest in person or online without fear of discipline at work, and address employee protesters' COVID-19 risk in the workplace.

06/24/2020

Join Alex Berke and Laura Fant from Proskauer for a timely Women's Bar Association of the State of NY CLE this Thursday June 25th at noon, "Re-Opening Businesses: What Employees and Employers Need to Know." This will be a practical workshop, addressing common questions raised by employees and employers. Click through to register!

We will be covering workplace safety requirements, safety plans, reasonable accommodations, a brief overview of leave, and commonly asked questions from the perspective of employees and employers. This will be a practical discussion, informed by the questions we are receiving from employers and empl...

06/03/2020

Our Firm is saddened and angered by the killings of and violence against Black people by government authorities, as well as efforts to limit peaceful protest. In our legal practice, we fight against race discrimination in the workplace using the law, but these tragic events invite the law to do better now than in the past to provide justice and healing to those affected personally, and to our society as a whole. What does it mean to do better? For our Firm, it means deepening our antiracism practice by working to recognize, name, and dismantle racism that we see around us, even when it may make us feel uncomfortable to do so. Check out our blog post for some antiracism resources.

Our Firm is saddened and angered by the killings of and violence against Black people by government authorities, as well as efforts to limit peaceful protest. In our legal practice, we fight against race discrimination in the workplace using the law, but these tragic events invite the law to do bett