Category: Blog
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Negotiate non-compete terms before onboarding that new job
A non-compete banning a former cloud-computing strategist with Latin American expertise from competition was upheld in New York this year. The executive’s former employer which shared trade secrets with him, convinced federal trial and appellate courts that it was likely to succeed on the merits, that it was more likely to suffer irreparable injury than…
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Employment Noncompetition / Non-solicitation Agreements in New York by Jonas Urba.
Video transcript discusses why employment lawyers review noncompetition agreements across New York State: I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check talking about employment agreements and noncompetition provisions. Those are coming up all the time with work from home and COVID. More employees are working all over the place…
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Rebut your New York Corrective Action Plan / PIP to Keep your Job. It may be Discriminatory but Will Saying That Help
Video transcript by a New York employment lawyer, suggesting that rebuttals to PIPs or corrective action plans are usually a good idea: I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Today we’re talking about PIPs. Sometimes known as corrective action plans (CAPs) or any type of final warning or…
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COVID-19 Best Practices Might Still be Good in New York?
COVID-19 has cash strapped some employers. But best practices during the pandemic do not have to cost much to protect employers from employment discrimination claims. COVID-19 caught everyone off guard. Smart businesses recognize how potentially deadly the virus is. Here is how they respond. Be sincere and honest. You expect employees to be loyal to…
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New York Employment Lawyers Review Settlement Terms. FLSA cases Require Court Approval. Employees, Employers, and their Counsel Decide the Terms.
Settlement Terms and Agreements are generally drafted by employment lawyers, not courts. The Second Circuit admits that many overtime cases are less than $20,000 despite federal law which requires federal judges to conduct fairness reviews to compare the amount of attorneys’ fees being paid versus how much clients receive. Federal courts in the Second Circuit…