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Full Interview With Gerry Filippatos
About Gerry Filippatos
About Gerry Filippatos
A seasoned and versatile labor and employment advocate who represents individuals across the corporate spectrum in all types of workplace disputes, with a particular emphasis on discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower cases in the financial services and Fortune 500 arenas.
Parisis G. (Gerry) Filippatos has litigated labor and employment cases for over 25 years and has represented thousands of individuals and numerous companies on myriad matters involving employment discrimination, retaliation and harassment based on race, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity; separation and severance agreements; executive compensation contracts; restrictive covenants; workplace investigations; and whistleblower and regulatory non-compliance claims.
Mr. Filippatos has litigated across industry sectors, handling cases based on Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Sarbanes Oxley and Dodd Frank. Starting as an NYC Assistant Corporation Counsel, then in private practice, first as a management-side attorney, and later as an employee advocate, Mr. Filippatos has encountered employment disputes from truly varied perspectives, including as a principal litigator on a landmark glass ceiling case against Morgan Stanley, Inc., in 2004.
During the time of this interview, Gerry was a partner at Phillips and Associates.
In This Episode
Disclaimer: This interview is for entertainment and general educational purposes. This should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. Any information contained herein is not intended to be a substitute for legal counsel on any subject matter.
Defining Discrimination in the Workplace
Gerry describes discrimination as ‘Anytime a worker is treated differently in an unfavourable way compared to someone else because of an immutable characteristic’. Immutable characteristics include, but is not limited to:
- Race
- Gender
- Gender identity
- Age
- Disabilities
- Sexual orientation
Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct in the workplace that sexualises the workplace in a way that makes an individual feel uncomfortable. There are two forms of sexual harassment:
- Quid pro quo sexual harassment is the type of harassment that is most easily hidden. Just like other forms of sexual harassment, the perpetrator uses it to gain or maintain power over his or her victim. Someone of authority is coercing someone to engage in sexual conduct in order for that individual to not have something bad happen to them. Or to to advance at work.
- Hostile Work Environment harassment is any conduct in sexual in nature that is unwelcome, and causes uncomfortability.
If you or anyone you know may be a victim of sexual harassment, then take prompt and effect immediate action.
- Know your rights
- If you suspect a problem, go on record (email etc.)
The Story of David and Goliath & the Underdog Strategy
The story of David and Goliath teaches us that a frontal assault is usually never the best strategy’. It’s best to defeat herculean enemies (in a legal sense) by tackling their pressure points. In this interview, Gerry begins to describe what those pressure points can be. And how it can be used to seek a resolution.
Connect with Gerry
LINKEDIN: Gerry Filippatos
Courtesy to Phillips and Associates
WEBSITE: https://www.newyorkcitydiscriminationlawyer.com/
About Gerry Filippatos
Maria Mateo Law is a full-Service Professional firm that has succeeded in quickly handling several immigration processes, such as Asylum, Family based petitions, Consular Processes, Special Immigrant, Juvenile, Work and Investor Visas, Adjustment of Status and related court cases.
Maria Mateo P.C. has aggressively advocated and accomplished Divorce cases, Child Custody, Child Support Cases, Paternity and Guardianship cases based on her team’s skills and experience before the courts. Maria Mateo P.C. specialize in Family based petitions, consular processing, immigrant and non-immigrant visas, VAWA cases, work visas, U visas, naturalizations, renewal of legal permanent resident cards and court representation in asylum cases, cancellation of removal, special immigrant juveniles, deportation and removal proceedings.
In This Episode
Disclaimer: This interview is for entertainment and general educational purposes. This should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. Any information contained herein is not intended to be a substitute for legal counsel on any subject matter.
Defining Discrimination in the Workplace
Gerry describes discrimination as ‘Anytime a worker is treated differently in an unfavourable way compared to someone else because of an immutable characteristic’. Immutable characteristics include, but is not limited to:
- Race
- Gender
- Gender identity
- Age
- Disabilities
- Sexual orientation
Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct in the workplace that sexualises the workplace in a way that makes an individual feel uncomfortable. There are two forms of sexual harassment:
- Quid pro quo sexual harassment is the type of harassment that is most easily hidden. Just like other forms of sexual harassment, the perpetrator uses it to gain or maintain power over his or her victim. Someone of authority is coercing someone to engage in sexual conduct in order for that individual to not have something bad happen to them. Or to to advance at work.
- Hostile Work Environment harassment is any conduct in sexual in nature that is unwelcome, and causes uncomfortability.
If you or anyone you know may be a victim of sexual harassment, then take prompt and effect immediate action.
- Know your rights
- If you suspect a problem, go on record (email etc.)
The Story of David and Goliath & the Underdog strategy
The story of David and Goliath teaches us that a frontal assault is usually never the best strategy’. It’s best to defeat herculean enemies (in a legal sense) by tackling their pressure points. In this interview, Gerry begins to describe what those pressure points can be. And how it can be used to seek a resolution.
Connect with Gerry
LINKEDIN: Gerry Filippatos
Courtesy to Phillips and Associates
WEBSITE: https://www.newyorkcitydiscriminationlawyer.com/
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