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Everyone falls on hard times at some point. Some people are fortunate to have friends and family to support them and others are grateful for government support. One of these support programs is unemployment insurance. Most employers must pay into the unemployment...
Losing a job is hard for everyone. The blow to your ego shakes your confidence then dread for the future sets in as you wonder how you will support yourself and your family. This turmoil is expected and but you cannot let it consume you. Losing a job is terrible, but...
You are entitled to a generally safe work environment, as enshrined by OSHA and other similar laws. This means that your employer must take reasonable steps to ensure your safety and to address danger areas. Usually this means providing safety goggles and putting up...
Missouri, like the federal government, prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. Missouri encapsulates its anti-harassment laws in the Missouri Human Rights Act. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations enforces all the terms of the MHRA,...
Nearly every driver in Missouri knows that some days, highway speed limits are more of a suggestion than a rule. Construction, weather and other road conditions can require traffic to slow down or even stop. If a driver becomes impatient or does not conform to the...
Way back in February 2014, the Obama administration proposed new minimum wage rules for contractors hired by the federal government. The new minimum wage was raised to $10.15 and was finally implemented January 1st of this year. This is a $.05 increase over the...
The United States occupies many first place positions in the world, most powerful military, biggest economy and most influential culture. However, there is one place it sits dead last, paid family leave from work. The U.S. is the only developed economy not to require...
Nearly every Missouri driver has been in a situation where they were almost involved in an accident. Some cars narrowly escape being involved in head-on collisions, drunk driving accidents and other types of crashes in which people are often seriously or fatally...
When Missouri residents become the victims of a devastating accident such as a head-on collision, they naturally want the person responsible to be held accountable. However, the responsible parties in head-on collisions do not always survive the crashes. Even though...
In spite of the focus that has been placed on the issue of sexual harassment in recent years, it is a topic that still generates a number of myths. For example, there is a belief that sexual harassment is merely flirting and as such does not need to be taken too...
