Category: Sexual Harassment
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Analyzing Employer Defenses is Key for Employment Discrimination but as Important is how Parties Handle Employment Litigation Stress.
Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. Last week’s video discussed how we represent employees who we may never meet in person. How is that even done? Once we have reviewed some documents and discussed the issues with a potential client we need to address what an employer’s defenses…
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Employment Discrimination Complaint Suggestions from a New York Employment Lawyer
Hi I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. If you’re going to be making a complaint to your employer about employment discrimination, make sure it’s specific. Too many times I here employees say I complained, it’s protected activity, and it’s not. If you just are in a hostile…
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Employer Practice Encouraging Drinking at Work may be Discriminatory in New York.
I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. If an employer has a policy that consuming alcohol is part of the job is that good or bad? Well, let’s take three situations. First, a recovering alcoholic, or someone that abused drugs or alcohol, was addicted to drugs or alcohol…
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Mitigating Damages Might be the Most Important Duty of Employees Discriminated at Work.
Hi I’m Jonas Urba, I’m a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Why is it so important to mitigate damages with employment discrimination claims? Mitigating damages means minimizing them, and it’s all about dollars. Employees have to keep looking for work. The most important thing in mitigating damages is, no matter…
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New York Lawyer Discusses Severance Agreement Reviews.
I’m Jonas Urba. I’m a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. I am going to talk about severance agreements. There are several reasons why you should have yours reviewed by an employment lawyer. For one, the agreement itself probably says have a lawyer look at it and advise you on it. Secondly, once you…