Employment & Labor Law

Claims and suits brought against employers by employees are a large part of the cases being handled by the Employment lawyers at Houston Harbaugh. We focus on assisting our clients to be positioned to avoid claims, and if the claims are brought, to be prepared to defend against them.

Articles posted in Employment Agreements

Allegheny County Employers Mandated to Pay Sick Leave to Employees

Businesses and employees continue to deal with the ever-changing employment landscape arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the changes are occurring on a local level. On March...

Non-Compete Agreements Require Consideration

By Matthew J. Lautman, Robert H.C. Ralston on March 15, 2022

Most know that a restrictive covenant, usually found within an employment agreement, can serve to protect a company from training an employee and then losing that employee to...

New DOL Rule Increasing Minimum Salary for Overtime Exempt Employees in 2020

By Craig M. Brooks

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its long awaited final rule increasing the minimum salary for overtime exempt employees to $35,568/year ($684/week), effective January 1, 2020. The current...

West Virginia Case Reinforces that an Employee's General Managerial Skills are Not a Protectable Interest Sufficient to Justify a Restrictive Covenant

September 14, 2019

In West Virginia, an inherently reasonable restrictive covenant is presumptively enforceable if the employer can show that it has interests requiring protection from the employee. In other words,...

Pennsylvania High Court Takes Up Enforceability of Restrictive Covenant In Non-Compete Agreement

In Sucko the plantiff sued his employer, Mid-Atlantic, after it threatened litigation to enforce a non-compete agreement Socko executed during his tenure with Mid-Atlantic. While employed as an...

About Us

Claims and suits brought against employers by employees are a large part of the cases being handled by the Employment lawyers at Houston Harbaugh. We focus on assisting and counseling our clients to be positioned to avoid claims, and if the claims are brought, to be prepared to defend against them.

Craig M. Brooks - Practice Chair

An employment and labor attorney, Craig primarily represents management, providing advice on how to handle employee issues and actions, as well as defending or pursuing claims in court and before government agencies on matters.

Employment discrimination claims
Wage and hour matters
Sexual and other harassment investigations and claims
Family and Medical Leave Act
Wrongful discharge
Labor/Union matters
Restrictive covenants
Affirmative action programs
Defamation
Privacy

Craig also represents individuals with advice and pursuing claims arising out of their employment.