New York State Human Rights Law improved 2020 for employees February 1, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Did you know that the New York City Human Rights Law covers you no matter where your employer is located in any of New York City’s five Boroughs? And the City Law gave you more protection than either state or federal… Read More
At will employee termination for no reason is a good reason February 1, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Most employees are “at will.” Government employees, union employees, and ones with private contracts have some protection. But all other employees can be fired for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. Call some employment lawyers with… Read More
Bullying is not necessarily harassment nor hostile workplace January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Within the last few weeks I have had a number of employees call me with situations which they believe are discriminatory. They refer to “bullying”. There are no specific laws about bullying at work although some employees find that hard to… Read More
Administrators of charter schools sometimes discriminated January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. I’ve been getting calls from teachers and school administrators; mostly probationary employees. Sometimes they think they have a discrimination case when their actual claim is violation of a union contract. I review collective bargaining agreements and discuss them with teachers or… Read More
NY personnel files excluding government or union are private January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Talking to you about performance evaluations and personnel files. It’s about that time of year when your employer is going to evaluate you. If there is something in your performance evaluation that is not completely accurate make sure you add to… Read More
Dishonesty on a NY employment application could be fatal January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. How important is it for you to be honest on your employment application? The short answer is “very important.” Because if you’re not honest that could bar you from most claims you might bring against your employer. But there are some… Read More
Mediate employment cases when both sides have legal counsel January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Talking to you today about mediation at the EEOC. Do you need an attorney to be with you at mediation? The short answer is yes. You need to have an action plan. You need to decide what you want, how you… Read More
No media attention to employment case unless lawyer retained January 31, 2023 I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Media attention can be a bad thing for your employment case. Your employment matter is serious and do you want to risk making it a media circus? And how long will anybody possibly pay attention to a story even if the… Read More
Whistleblower healthcare workers get new protection in NY January 30, 2023 Hi I’m Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer here with Employment Law Reality Check. Have you been retaliated against as a healthcare whistleblower? Last year the law was improved quite a bit for healthcare workers. And that includes public and private. School employees who provide health services as well as public and private universities… Read More
Workplace depression, FMLA, ADA considerations in New York January 30, 2023 Jonas Urba, a New York employment lawyer, here with Employment Law Reality Check. I am getting many more calls from employees suffering with depression. And that’s to be expected, we’ve been dealing with COVID now for over a year. Does your employer need to know if you suffer from depression? No. But, if you’re going… Read More