from http://www.njsbf.com/release.cfm?press_id=429

Discrimination in the Workplace

Topic of Seminar

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation will present a free public seminar on discrimination in the workplace on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center, One Constitution Square (off Ryders Lane) in New Brunswick.

Two labor law attorneys will provide an overview of employment discrimination relating to age, gender, race, handicap, whistle blower, pregnancy discrimination, reduction in the workforce and equal pay for equal work. A question-and-answer period will follow the attorneys' presentations.

Speakers will include Arnold Cohen, a partner in the Newark law firm of Oxfeld Cohen, and Jed L. Marcus, a principal with the Roseland law firm of Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman.

Cohen concentrates his practice in private and public sector labor, employment and employee benefits law. An adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School-Newark, Cohen teaches seminars on the topics of labor and employment arbitration and labor negotiations. He is a former editor-in-chief of the New Jersey State Bar Association's New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly and a former member of the Bar Association's New Jersey Lawyer, The Weekly Newspaper. Cohen is the first vice chair of the NJSBA Labor and Employment Law Section and is a founding Master of the Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court. He holds degrees from Rutgers Law School-Newark and New York University.

Marcus represents employers throughout the U.S. on all types of employment and labor relations matters. Regularly counseling employers on discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment and Title VII compliance, he is a frequent speaker and panelist at seminars and has authored numerous articles on employment and labor law. An active member of the NJSBA Labor and Employment Law and Individual Rights sections, Marcus holds degrees from Rutgers University and the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

The seminar is free, but advance registration is required. To register or for more
information on Foundation programs, visit us online at www.njsbf.org or call 1-800-FREE-LAW. The Foundation's seminar series is made possible by funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.

Founded in 1958, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation is the educational and philanthropic arm of the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Bar Foundation's mission is to promote public understanding of the law through a free, comprehensive public education program. Among its activities, the Foundation conducts seminars and conflict resolution training, publishes materials, operates a videotape loan library and speakers bureau, and coordinates elementary, middle and high school mock trial competitions. For more information about the Foundation's programs and publications, visit us online at www.njsbf.org or call 1-800-FREE-LAW.