Why Choose an Employment Law Attorney from Brick Business Law, P.A., for Your Company?

The attorneys of Brick Business Law, P.A., have extensive experience advising companies across a wide range of employment law-related issues. Our legal team can help your business address the following legal matters.

Wage-and-Hour, Overtime, Commission, and Bonus Claims

Wage and hour laws and employment contracts govern how employers must pay their workers. Our firm can help businesses manage the legal complexities of pay laws, including minimum wage, overtime, and equal pay rules. Our attorneys will advise your company of its obligations under wage and hour laws. We can also defend your business when it faces lawsuits from employees alleging violations of wage and hour laws or breaches of compensation agreements. Our firm can also guide you through audits by state or federal labor regulators.

Disability, FMLA Leave, and Pregnancy Discrimination Claims

Various laws offer protections for workers with disabilities or other health conditions, including pregnancy. Laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities to help them perform the essential functions of their jobs. The Family and Medical Leave Act also provides eligible workers with job-protected leave to recover from health conditions or welcome a child into their families. State and federal laws also prohibit employers from discriminating or refusing accommodations for pregnant and nursing workers. Our firm can help employers understand their obligations to disabled, ill, or pregnant workers and address allegations of violations of these laws.

Employment Discrimination Claims

State and federal laws prohibit employers from discriminating against workers based on protected characteristics, such as race, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, age (over 40), disability, genetic information, or pregnancy. Brick Business Law, P.A., can advise your business when you face allegations of discriminating against workers or prospective employees through adverse employment actions like refusal to hire, refusal to promote, denial of pay raises or bonuses, demotions, or termination. We can help you obtain a favorable resolution to discrimination claims while protecting your company’s reputation.

Workplace Harassment Claims

Businesses can face claims from employees of facilitating or maintaining a hostile work environment or culture of harassment based on protected characteristics. Our firm can help your company address allegations of workplace harassment, including claims of sexual harassment and quid pro quo harassment. We can also advise your business when you or your managers receive internal complaints of harassment from employees, helping your company address those issues to avoid potential litigation.

Employment and Executive Compensation Agreements

Our firm assists companies with negotiating and drafting employment agreements for executives and key employees, such as department managers or sales leaders. Our attorneys have extensive experience with the unique issues and challenges that can arise in employment and compensation agreements for executives and top personnel. We can guide your business as you address topics with your executives or key employees, such as bonuses/commissions, deferred compensation, equity compensation, and severance packages.

Restrictive Covenant Agreements

Employers may have key employees sign restrictive covenants, such as non-compete, confidentiality/non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and no-hire agreements. Our firm advises businesses on pursuing legal action to enforce restrictive covenants against current and former workers or litigation to recover compensation for losses caused by an employee’s breach of their restrictive covenants. We also represent businesses in litigation where employees file suit to challenge the validity or enforceability of restrictive covenants as overbroad or the product of an uninformed or involuntary agreement.  Finally, we also work with businesses who have hired or are considering hiring people who may be subject to non-compete agreements to advise and address their concerns.

Whistleblower Claims

State and federal laws protect employees who engage in “whistleblowing” – reporting or objecting to an employer’s activity that the employee believes violates the law, ethics rules, or industry standards. Our firm represents businesses that have had employees engage in whistleblowing or who file whistleblower retaliation claims to challenge adverse employment practices like demotion, transfers, or termination.

Financial Industry Regulations

Brick Business Law, P.A., regularly advises companies in the financial services industry on regulations affecting their workforces, including FINRA regulations that apply to brokers and financial advisors.

Employment Litigation

Workers who claim that their employers have violated state or federal employment laws may pursue legal action, including individual lawsuits and class or collective actions. Our firm can represent businesses in employment litigation matters, including in mediation, arbitration, and lawsuits. We have extensive experience in employment disputes arising from wage-and-hour claims, worker misclassification, discrimination/harassment, whistleblower retaliation, FMLA violations, and restrictive covenants.