Congratulations Jessica!
Congratulations to our colleague, attorney-investigator and facilitator Jessica Rinaldi AWI-CH who earned her credentials as an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder.
Congratulations Najmah!
EPT Legal would like to congratulate team member, Najmah James, on her recent graduation from the University of Maryland School of Law, as well as for celebrating 5 years at EPT!
EPT Legal Attorney, President and Founder, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani recognized by Super Lawyers as Top Lawyers of the New York Metro Area 2022
EPT Legal Attorney, President and Founder, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, was recently recognized by Super Lawyers as a Top Attorney in the New York Metro Area for the ninth year in a row! To see the announcement on the EPT Legal LinkedIn page (click here).
EPT Legal Gains New Team Member
EPT Legal is very excited to announce the arrival of our newest team member, experienced Attorney and Investigator Jessica Rinaldi! Jessica recently joined us as a Senior Investigator and Facilitator. She previously served as the Deputy of the Hate Crimes bureau of the Manhattan DA’s office. For the full announcement please (click here).
For organizations dealing with religious exemption challenges to a Covid vaccine mandate, today’s guidance issued by the EEOC is useful.
For organizations dealing with religious exemption challenges to a Covid vaccine mandate, today’s guidance issued by the EEOC is useful. https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-issues-updated-covid-19-technical-assistance-0
We need to be deliberate in our inclusion efforts. It can’t just “happen.”
Today I took a gym class. One of my first group fitness experiences since the Great Isolation. I grabbed weights, did the requisite reps, and when I returned the weights to their shelves at the end, I was surprised to see one weight was 10 pounds and the other was 12.5. I didn’t notice the…
Being an expert is great, but let’s not dismiss our junior colleagues
My son has been practicing basketball several times a week for a year and has improved immensely. We were recently visiting some friends when he decided to play basketball with one of the other kids there. Since we had no basketball on hand, one of the parents went out to buy one and mistakenly bought…
A team made up of people who have different strengths, skills and passions, and leverage them, is more likely to thrive. And smiling doesn’t hurt either.
I was recently on vacation with my family and a few of our friends (and their children). At one point, we were having dinner at a restaurant—we were a large party, with four adults and six kids, some of whom were picky eaters. Because of this, our order had many subtractions, additions, and other modifications….
Workplace investigation or culture audit?
Imagine your workplace is a garden. If a single plant in the garden is not thriving, you investigate the specific circumstances of that plant. However, if different plants scattered all around the garden are declining, you might take a culture of the soil to see if there is a broader issue with the garden’s environment….
Good workplace culture is built by people moving in the same direction, like a folk circle dance, even if they don’t get all the steps right.
I recently attended a Greek wedding, my first wedding since the Great Isolation which began in March 2020. The wedding offered traditional cuisine, and Greek specialties down to gin produced in Greece. When the Greek music came on, I partook in the tradition of folk circle dancing, whereby one springs to the dance floor and…