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I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. I’m going to talk about damages today because damages are so important. Everybody wants to know how much is my case worth? There are quite a few things that go through our heads from the very instant that we begin talking to…

I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. Talking about workers compensation retaliation or discrimination and reorganization. Many companies are reorganizing, they’re laying off, they’re restructuring right now. And employees who get injured sometimes wind up as part of that reorganization plan. Is that retaliation? Is it retaliation for…

Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. Do I have a case for employment discrimination? This question comes up all of the time. Ask yourself three questions. First, were you illegally fired and not just wrongfully fired? Next, what law was broken? Often times it’s either the Americans with…

Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. Restrictive covenants and noncompetition agreements are different but they share similarities. Those similarities often rely on the relationships that you have developed while employed. If your employer is paying for you to meet contacts, business prospects, future interests which an employer may…

Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. “My employment discrimination case is a slam dunk.” The person who says this is usually not the one who has the best employment discrimination case. The employees who call me and say “I’m not sure if I was discriminated against” are often…