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Are elected positions the same as typical employee positions in Missouri? The two categorically different types of employment may have the same protections against workplace harassment. The Director of Missouri’s park and recreation division has recently brought this issue to the limelight. The Director is claiming she has been harassed at her workplace for the past two years while serving…
Does an error at work necessarily mean termination in Missouri? Maybe? When an employee makes an error, there is always the possibility of termination, but the termination cannot be based off of something that would qualify it as a wrongful termination. A wrongful termination is a termination that is unlawful because it was based on discrimination or another prohibited labor…
Mascots help motivate and inspire as a symbol of team spirit. Sports teams are built around a symbol like this. Office workplaces often even have a kind of mascot or symbol for what the team stands for. It is not supposed to be something that denigrates, degrades or causes a hostile work environment for a portion of the workers or…
In our prior post, we shared the story of a young woman who lost her job because her employer considered her to be too overweight. This sadly isn’t an isolated incident. Over 35.7 percent of American adults are considered to be obese, and many of them suffer false assumptions based on their looks. In fact, the woman in our prior…
For 65-year-old Peggy, life has always been a little different than her peers and her co-workers. There isn’t a day she can remember that she was not overweight. No matter what she did, no matter how much went into weight-loss efforts, she had always been one of the 37.5 percent of United States adults that are classified as obese. “I’ve…
When most employees in Kansas work over forty hours per week, the employees are entitled to extra compensation if they are non-exempt employees. The terms of how, why and the amount of compensation an employee may receive for overtime is determined by company standards and prevailing state and federal laws. When an employee does not receive just compensation for overtime,…
One of the categories of legally recognized employment discrimination is disability discrimination. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats employees with recognized disabilities in a disparaging way as compared to other employees. This type of discrimination has been alleged in a recent lawsuit that was filed against a Kansas-based employer. The recently filed lawsuit was filed by the Equal Employment…
Technology has helped make our lives easier, especially in the workplace. Computers have become a staple in offices in Missouri and pretty much everywhere else across the world. Computers have the ability to analyze data in a matter of seconds when it once took a human being with their own opinions and beliefs several hours or even days to complete…
Walmart is one of the largest employers in the nation, which is why it is no surprise that they are often in the news. The company employs tens of thousands of people in Missouri and across the nation, and it usually does not have a hard time finding applicants, but it certainly does not mean that they can violate employee…
Large companies often have multiple locations throughout the United States. Some of the locations are directly owned by the company and others are franchise locations. Either way, the actions of a company in one location can directly impact the locations in other states. This happened to a large company who was sued for employee harassment in another state, but the…