Contributed by Philippa Robbins, Rooks Rider Solicitors Employment Group, with contributions by Chloe Magri.
In June 2007, Katharina Tofeji, a working mother, lost her claim against the British branch of the French bank BNP Paribas for sex discrimination, victimization and constructive dismissal. Mrs Tofeji claimed that she received unfair treatment after she announced she was pregnant […]

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I graduated from New York University in 1984 with three things:

A Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature
No clue of what career I wanted, and
No plan to get started searching for a career

Nonetheless, ten years after I graduated, I loved my work and was earning over $100,000 (remember this was the early 1990s) and four years later […]

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When someone talks about networking, people tend to cringe. For example, you ask a co-worker how the industry reception was last night. She says, “Oh, great. Just worked the room, networked, you know.” Everyone looks down at their shoes and mumbles; somebody coughs. Why? Perhaps because of the inferences hidden in the word, which generally […]

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This week, I returned to the U.S. from a trip to Kenya. I spent the last ten days traveling through the Masai Mara, seeing animals like lions, leopards, elephants and rhino, and visiting the beautiful and ancient beach island of Lamu. I also spent some time meeting with women entrepreneurs involved in microfinance and offering […]

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