Robert Szyba

Robert T. Szyba is an associate in Seyfarth Shaw’s Labor & Employment Department. He defends and counsels employers on a wide range of employment-related issues, including background check and Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, “ban the box” issues, prevailing wage requirements, wage and hour compliance, whistleblower retaliation, family and medical leave compliance and interference / retaliation claims, paid sick leave, and discrimination / harassment.

His clients operate in a variety of industries, including retail, background check services, for-profit education, foodservice and hospitality management, transportation, electrical, tolling, public works contractors, accounting, and insurance.

Mr. Szyba also advises on preventive employment counseling, pre-litigation strategy and litigation avoidance, alternate dispute resolution and mandatory arbitration programs, and employment policies and procedures.

Mr. Szyba represents clients in complex employment litigation, including class, collective, and multi-district litigation, as well as single-plaintiff lawsuits. He has extensive experience in New Jersey and New York state and federal courts, as well as federal district courts across the country.

He represents clients at both trial and appellate levels. He also represents clients before federal and state administrative agencies, such as the Department of Labor, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, and New York State Division of Human Rights.

Mr. Szyba currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal.

He is a regular panelist and presenter for various legal associations in New York and New Jersey on employment law topics and issues, such as handling whistleblower issues, compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws, discrimination and harassment litigation avoidance, class action litigation, and litigation strategies.

He is an active member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and The Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court. Mr. Szyba is fluent in Polish.

Education:

• J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, cum laude (2009)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
  • Distinguished Service to the School Award
  • Moot Court Association
  • Willem C. Vis International Moot Arbitration Team
• B.M., Berklee College of Music, cum laude (2001)

Affiliations:

• American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section; Section of Litigation)
• New Jersey State Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section)
• New York State Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section)
• The Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court
• Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal (Alumni Advisory Board)