On this week’s episode
of Power Women, Schneps
President and Publisher,
Vicki Schneps is joined by
Josiane Peluso, the director
of Medicare Sales and Marketing
for UnitedHealth
Group.
Josiane talks about
the inspirational role her
grandmother played in her
childhood, teaching her
many lessons but most
importantly, the ability to
prioritize.
Josiane goes on to talk
about serving the community
at UnitedHealth, focusing
on improving healthcare
affordability, outcomes
and the patient consumer
experience.
Finally, Josiane gives
advice to our listeners about
goal setting, both personally
and professionally.
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Josiane Peluso, the director of Medicare Sales and Marketing for
UnitedHealth Group.
Caribbean L 24 ife, January 3, 2020
Legal Aid’s Worker Justice
Project expands to Queens
By Nelson A. King
The Legal Aid Society says
it has expanded its Worker
Justice Project to Queens in
order to combat discrimination
faced by workers with
arrest or conviction records
living in New York City.
“Every day employers and
licensing agencies unfairly
deny qualified individuals
the opportunity to work
because of pending charges,
past convictions, and even
sealed or dismissed cases,”
said the Legal Aid Society in
a statement.
“This discrimination prevents
countless New Yorkers
from maintaining financial
stability and supporting their
families, and further disenfranchises
people of color
already subjected to discriminatory
employment practices
and the racist administration
of criminal justice,” it added.
The Legal Aid Society said
the Worker Justice Project
advises Legal Aid’s Criminal
Defense Practice staff on the
employment consequences of
criminal case dispositions in
order to minimize harm to
clients’ job opportunities.
The project also enforces
the rights of workers who
are unlawfully denied jobs or
licenses because of arrest or
conviction records by representing
workers in administrative
proceedings, pre-litigation
advocacy and affirmative
litigation.
In addition, the Legal
Aid Society said the project
“challenges government policies
that create barriers to
employment and advocates
for legislative solutions to
effect systemic change.”
The project said it hired
Megumi Saito to lead Queens
efforts, joining staff attorneys
Melissa Ader and Joshua
Carrin, who currently work
out of Legal Aid’s Manhattan
and Brooklyn trial offices,
respectively, as well as legal
fellow Caroline Lowry and
paralegal case handler Tiffany
Pesante.
Megumi first joined the
Legal Aid Society in 2010 as
an intern while attending the
City College of New York.
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