NY Employment Law Videos / Blog

I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, with employment law reality check talking about probable cause. It’s so important for any employment discrimination case. Generally, around New York State, a discriminated employee can file at the EEOC or with the New York State Division of Human Rights. The most frequent thing that comes up… Read More

Hi, I’m Jonas Urba. I’m a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check talking to you about damages for employment discrimination. Probably the most important topic we discuss. Damages. How much is your case really worth? You can find out just by Googling New York State Division of Human Rights, Orders. And… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. How do employment lawyers represent employees without ever meeting them in person? Employment lawyers are doing so more frequently. And people are wondering how does that even work? The first part is getting on the phone and calling some employment lawyers.… Read More

I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer. It’s been about a year since I started making these videos and I’m going to do a little something different. I’m going to make 3 videos on how important it is to get it in writing. This particular one is going to be geared toward small employers.… Read More