Employee Rights

Workers’ compensation is money that is paid to you because you were injured at work while doing your job. Generally, you would have filed a claim with your employer and some sort of state agency. The point of workers’ compensation is to pay you for the time you are missing away from work, which is why it is called workers’…

Companies like Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit and other short-term “gig” jobs are altering the job market. Work that was once considered safe, reliable middle-class jobs is being eroded by Internet companies. These companies started with the goal of filling a short-term need are now replacing those jobs that they meant to supplement. The changing atmosphere of work and the rights given…

Perhaps you are familiar with the federal agencies and laws like ERISA, the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. All of these huge landmark laws reshaped the labor market. However, most of the laws impose broad guidelines that many states then choose to expand upon to tailor to their specific needs. In Missouri, this local expansion took…

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an investigation into the death of a construction worker. He died in an apparent accident while working at a Carthage, Missouri construction location. It appears that the construction worker fell from a three-sided box that was positioned on the tracks of a tractor. He fell from a height of approximately 11 feet…

Benefits can be any form of compensation that your employer promises to give you in exchange for your labor. A benefit is typically a wage or salary, but it also includes 401(k) matching, medical insurance, company car, company house, bonuses, reimbursed tuition and many other alternative forms of benefits. Employers can be sneaky. Your boss has other bosses that he…

Employees in Missouri and throughout the country have rights. Many of those rights were granted to them by the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. If you suspect that your rights as an employee have been violated, you could benefit from a better understanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA governs employee rights in several…

As an employee, you are at risk for unfair practices from your employer. While you may feel trapped in the situation, there are legal protections and resources for you. It’s common for employees to feel like they are powerless. In the face of harassment, discrimination and even wrongful termination, you can be empowered through legal support. Employee rights are protected…

As most workers in Missouri know, there is little privacy in the workplace. Something you say to one person can soon get around the office, but the matter extends far beyond this. This is because in many places of work, employers monitor almost everything, including calls, emails and even Internet use. While it is understandable that your employer needs to…

Every year in Missouri, workers lose their jobs for no reason at all, or even for extremely unfair or illegal reasons. Whatever the case, it is always a distressing experience. However, if you have been unfairly dismissed, the news may not all be bad, as you might be entitled to compensation. In Springfield, a former fire captain has won $20,000…

Workers throughout Missouri know what it is like to be treated unfairly by their colleagues and employers. While the majority of workplaces throughout the state do not ascribe to such unfair practices, there are still all too many that do, and it is the employees who suffer as a result. Worse still, all too many feel like there is nowhere…