Jack Tuckner

Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in New York, New York

Practice Areas:

Employment & labor,

Civil rights,

Employment litigation,

Discrimination,

Employment law - employee,

Sexual harassment,

Wrongful termination

Education Qualification:

The City University of New York School of Law

Practice Areas:

Employment & labor,

Civil rights,

Employment litigation,

Discrimination,

Employment law - employee,

Sexual harassment,

Wrongful termination

535 Fifth Avenue, 4th FloorNew York, New York, 10017

First Admitted: 1988, New York

Professional Webpage: https://womensrightsny.com/team/jack-tuckner/

Bar/Professional Activity:

WorkplaceFairness.org
The National Lawyers Guild, 1987
New York State Trial Lawyers Association, 1997
American Bar Association, 1988
New York State Women's Bar
Feminists.com
New York County Lawyers Association
New York State Bar, 1988
U.S. Southern District of New York, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
National Organization of Women
National Employment Lawyers Association
Connecticut State Bar, 1989
U.S. Eastern District of New York, 1995
National Association of Nurses

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

NYC Workfare settlement in discrimination case, 1999
$1million for client in sex discrimination lawsuit in Federal Court. Theresa Garafolo v Healthcare Services Group, Inc., 2009

Videos:

Representative Clients:

Mr. Tuckner represents working women in pregnancy discrimination matters across a broad spectrum of industries, from physicians, lawyers and accountants in professional employment settings, to sex industry workers and minimum wage factory employees, he has advanced the cause of work-life balance for innumerable women by commencing first impression pregnancy leave actions, such as the recent case of Zvovushe vs Ryan Partnership, EEOC Case # 16A-2012-00335, where the Defendant employer advised Plaintiff that she was ineligible for maternity leave as she had not worked for Defendant for at least 12 months as required by the FMLA, an increasingly commonplace and overt misrepresenation used by employers to obrtain resignations of pregnant women in order to obviate the need to provided protected maternity leaves under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, as well under state and local Human Rights Laws. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/pregnant-woman-fired_n_1260979.html, 2012

Pro bono/Community Service:

9to5 National Organization

Educational Background:

City University of New York, Hunter College, B.A., 1984, Cum Laude

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Lecturer, New York State Bar Association; Panelist, Liz Clairborne Media
Pregnancy Discrimination CLE, https://www.lawline.com/course/pregnancy-discrimination-the-evergreen-employment-law-cause-of-action, LawLine, 2017

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Co-founded the only Women's Rights in the Workplace law practice
Published Women’s Rights in the Workplace: A Guide to Pregnancy Discrimination guide to help working women understand their workplace rights regarding pregnancy and childbirth. Women’s Rights in the Workplace: A Guide to Pregnancy Discrimination is a practical guidebook for working women interested in workplace rights regarding pregnancy and childbirth. Presented by one of the nation's foremost experts on pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment, it is a clear and concise guide to which any working woman of childbearing age can turn for answers to frequently asked questions about the facts, legal issues, and applicable laws surrounding her rights as a pregnant woman actively employed in the US workforce. It is available for sale on Amazon or as a free download at http://www.womensrightsny.com, 2013
A leading pregnancy discrimination matter of first impression reported by ABC News, showing a trend first recognized by Jack Tucnker two years ago, where pregnant women due to give birth before they've worked 12 months for the company as required by the Family and Medical Leave Act, are fired or forced to resign, in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination laws prohibiting sex and pregnancy differential treatment, notwithstanding the FMLA language, which is ironically used to hurt the very demographic its enactment was designed to protect, namely, working pregnant women. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/confusion-pregnancy-discrimination-leads-growing-concern-workers-advocates/story?id=15500607#.T1AC9JhNy04, 2011

Firm News (Newsletters):

Maternity Leave/FMLA blog post
Pregnancy Discrimination Brochure

Industry Groups:

Banking
Finance
Healthcare
Hospitality
Insurance
Publishing

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