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Missouri construction workers build our homes, roads, job sites and offices while also repairing and maintaining our state’s underlying infrastructure. The work can be hazardous and expose workers to dangerous conditions such as extreme temperatures, overwhelming noise, dizzying heights and deep excavation pits. Despite choosing a field that is often fraught with danger, construction workers still have employee rights that…
Kansas City workers who believe they have been discriminated against on the job or by an employment agency or labor union due to “race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information,” or for other suspected reasons can take legal action. The process begins by filing a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal…
A two-car crash near Jackson claimed the life of one person and injured three others. A preliminary investigation revealed that one car may have veered left of the center of the roadway and struck the second car head-on. Head-on collisions in Missouri are often fatal, and in this tragedy, one person lost her life. At about 10:40 a.m., a 59-year-old…
A Missouri trucking company, one of America’s largest, was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission back in 2011 over their alleged unfair hiring policies for prospective female employees. Recently, a federal judge ruled against New Prime, stating that the company was indeed in violation of federal law and had engaged in a “pattern and practice” of workplace discrimination. The…
Missouri workers who have established employment profiles and curated contacts on the online networking site LinkedIn may be interested to learn that the popular internet site has entered into an agreement to pay 359 former and current employees over $3.34 million of overtime back wages along with more than $2.5 million of liquidated damages. Following an investigation from the federal…
When a person becomes ill and requires medical attention, he or she likely turns to an individual who has had years of schooling to help them timely and correctly diagnose a condition. Whether it is a nurse, doctor or other health care provider, a patient in Missouri typically puts his or her full trust into the ability of that provider.…
Some Missouri workers are entitled to the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Below are some questions and answers about its eligibility criteria and how it applies. Who are the covered employers? To be required to provide its employees with FMLA coverage, a business must be: — a public agency, which includes federal, state and local governmental agencies,…
Missouri residents may be unsure exactly what constitutes sexual harassment, the form of sex discrimination that is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is applicable to those employers with 15 employees or more and includes local and state governmental agencies and offices, the federal government, labor organizations and employment agencies. Those victimized…
A 75-year-old man recently got on Interstate 44 in Missouri. Unfortunately, he entered the highway and began driving the wrong way for unknown reasons. He supposedly continued driving the wrong way for approximately five miles. At that time, his vehicle struck several others causing multiple injuries in one of Missouri’s most recent head-on collisions. His car first struck the side…
Most everyone would agree that nurses face challenges in their jobs that many Missouri employees would never be able tolerate. Yet these dedicated health care providers seem to thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere where life and death scenarios play out every shift. But some situations even make level-headed nurses unsure when it comes to making the right decisions. According to…