Labor & Employment Committee
National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter
Dobbs @ Work:
What Does the End of Roe v. Wade Mean for Workplace Rights?
With Distinguished Panelists
Marcy Dunlap, Partner, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
Garrett Kaske, Associate, Kessler Matura, P.C.
Moderated by Amanda Katapang, Law Student, CUNY School of Law
November 16, 2022 ¨ 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Live Webcast Format
A Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course: 1.0 CLE Credit
1.0 Professional Practice credit
non-transitional/transitional (attorneys admitted less than two-years)
This event is free for NLG members, law students, and legal workers.
The registration fee for non-members is $50, which includes a one-year membership
in the National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter.
Fee waivers upon request to: gkaske@kesslermatura.com.
Registration (required): https://bit.ly/DobbsAtWork
Webcasting information provided upon registration.
Under CLE regulations, credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing the entire program; attorneys attending only part of the program are not eligible for CLE credit. Certificates will be sent upon receipt of completed affirmation of attendance forms following the program.
The New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild has been certified by the
New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of
Continuing Legal Education in New York State
AGENDA
I. Moderator’s Opening Remarks by Amanda Katapang: Introductions and Overview
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm
- II. Panel Discussion with Marcy Dunlap and Garrett Kaske
12:05 pm – 12:45 pm
- Discussion on the impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), on employee benefit plans, Title VII protections for individual workers, and National Labor Relations Act protections for workers engaged in concerted activity related to abortion rights.
- A. Employee Benefit Plans
- a. Questions and considerations invoked in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
- b. Challenges faced by employee benefit plans seeking to support employees’ efforts to secure abortion health care and related services
- B. Protection for Workers
- a. Overview of local and federal laws prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees for exercising their right to seek an abortion.
- b. Challenges in ensuring workers advocating for the rights of others to seek an abortion do not face employment discrimination. Considering associational discrimination (Title VII, NYSHRL, NYCHRL), political activity discrimination (NYLL), and the right to engage in protected concerted activity under the NLRA.
III. Moderated Questions and Answers
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
- Submit your questions through the Zoom chat. The moderator will submit your questions to the panel.
BIOGRAPHIES
Marcy Dunlap
Marcy Dunlap joined Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP in 2021 as Of Counsel and became a Partner in 2022. She primarily practices in the area of employee benefits law.
Immediately prior to joining Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, Ms. Dunlap worked for national insurance brokers providing advice and compliance support related to ERISA, the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, and other federal and state laws affecting employee benefit plans. Prior to this experience, for over decade, Ms. Dunlap served as a Senior Investigator and later the Senior Advisor for Criminal Investigations for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. As Senior Advisor for Criminal Investigations, Ms. Dunlap provided oversight, technical guidance, and training to agency staff concerning criminal enforcement related to employee benefit plans. In addition, she partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice on prosecutions involving employee benefit plans. As Senior Investigator, Ms. Dunlap investigated complex civil and criminal ERISA matters involving health plans, retirement plans, Taft-Hartley plans, employee stock ownership plans, professional employer organizations, multiple employer welfare arrangements, financial institutions, and service providers.
Ms. Dunlap is a graduate of Howard University School of Law and is barred in the District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland, and New York.
Garrett Kaske
Garrett Kaske is a litigation associate at Kessler Matura, P.C. Garrett represents employees as individuals and in class actions in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour. Before joining Kessler Matura, he clerked for the worker-side labor and employment firm Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss LLP. During law school, he represented employees through the City University of New York School of Law’s Community Economic Development Clinic and competed in the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association’s annual trial advocacy competition.
Garrett received his law degree from the City University of New York School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New York State, and in the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of New York.
Garrett co-chairs the Labor & Employment Committee of the National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter. He is also member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the America Bar Association.
Amanda Katapang
Amanda Katapang is a Filipino law student, activist, and artist based in Queens, NY. As a founding organizer of Anakbayan Manhattan, she is fighting for national democracy in the Philippines and the rights and welfare of Filipinos abroad. As Legal Coordinator of Mission to End Modern Slavery, Amanda utilizes her legal and organizing knowledge to empower, educate, and serve migrant workers and trafficking survivors. Studying and working at the intersection of immigration law and labor law, she aspires to become a people’s lawyer to serve Filipino and other migrant communities. Amanda is in her final year at CUNY School of Law, where she is an active student-attorney in the school’s clinical program, Peggy Browning Fellow, and member of numerous student associations and CUNY Law Review.