Many workers in Missouri have to cover long shifts in order to earn enough to pay the bills. Minimum wage laws are in place to help ensure that workers can make enough money to live on, yet even then it is often hard to make ends meet. This is especially true if your employer ignores wage laws or is inconsistent…
In Missouri, many employees endure working conditions that are far from ideal. No job is perfect, yet you should still be able to go to work knowing that you can expect fair treatment and a safe working environment. However, even these things are not available to everyone and many workers deal with hostility, hazards and unfair treatment every day of…
Hopefully, most Missouri residents will ever only have to imagine what it would be like to see another vehicle coming right at them. Unfortunately, numerous wrong-way and head-on collisions occur every year around the state and around the country. Many of those crashes result in fatalities. Troopers with the Missouri State Police recently responded to a crash on Highway 63…
Being fired is never a pleasant experience, but it can be even worse if it happens for an unjust reason or for no reason at all. It is something that countless employees in Missouri go through every year and many are left desperately searching for new jobs, unaware that their dismissal might have been illegal and that they may be…
Throughout Missouri, there are families from a wide range of backgrounds. Yet, some employers mistreat employees simply because they have a different national origin, have different religious beliefs or even because of their age, gender or sexuality. None of these matters should affect an individual’s employability, yet discrimination is still prevalent in the state. Discrimination of this nature is illegal,…
A retired mail carrier died on Aug. 3 in a Dent County accident on Highway 68 near Route U. The fatal accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Motorcycle accidents involving a collision with a truck or other large vehicle rarely end well. The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated the scene of this crash. Reportedly, the 73-year-old was driving his motorcycle north on…
Most workers in Missouri are keen to hold on to their jobs, regardless of how happy or unhappy they are in their position. It can be difficult to find work, and many individuals simply cannot afford to be fired. However, it is a sad fact that every year, numerous workers lose their jobs for reasons that have no bearing on…
In Missouri, all too many workers endure breaches of their rights as employees every day at work. Sadly, there are many employers who take advantage of their employees, or treat them unfairly. Sometimes it is a case of paying them too little or requiring them to work longer hours than is legal. In other cases, employers favor certain employees for…
Eight people were injured on July 30 in an accident on Highway 30, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A truck accident can be deadly, and this accident resulted in numerous injuries and at least one van that was totaled. The accident happened at 3:47 p.m. A 65-year-old man driving a big rig was headed east on the roadway. He…
It can be hard to find a good job sometimes, no matter where you live in the United States, and Missouri is no exception. This search can be made even harder if the potential employer does not choose their employee based on merit, but rather rules people out for discriminatory reasons. It happens all too often and to make things…