Jacob M. Sitman is a shareholder in the Employment Law & Labor Relations Group. He represents both private and public employers in a wide array of employment law and traditional labor matters. Mr. Sitman litigates claims of discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, breach of contract, wrongful discharge and workplace safety claims filed in state and federal courts, with administrative agencies and in arbitration (union grievance, Act 111, and private employment claims), including but not limited to matters filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, EEOC, PHRC, NLRB, OSHA. He has also been successful in wage and hour, noncompete and trade secret litigation and appeals.
Mr. Sitman counsels and trains business owners, executives, human resource managers and supervisors in matters of wage and hour compliance, reductions in force, family and medical leave, sexual harassment avoidance and investigations, employee benefits, disability accommodations, employee health and workplace safety, and labor-management relations, including collective bargaining, alleged unfair labor practice charges, and union grievance arbitrations. Mr. Sitman is experienced in drafting employment and severance agreements, noncompete agreements, employee handbooks and personnel policies of all kinds, including those dealing with social media and employee use of technology in the workplace. He is an author and frequent speaker on labor and employment law topics for clients and various industry groups. Mr. Sitman is also the former Northampton County Assistant Solicitor for Labor & Employment Matters.
