by e-LawLines | Aug 16, 2013 | Employment Law
A Missouri federal court recently found that while a police chief attempted to better the department through new scheduling orders, his actions violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). As a result, the court awarded liquidated damages to record...
by e-LawLines | Aug 14, 2013 | Employment Law, Small Business Law
The Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a Honda dealership in response to a wrongful-discharge lawsuit brought by a former sales manager. The dealership had a policy that employees and members of their household were prohibited from buying a new Honda from...
by e-LawLines | Aug 5, 2013 | Corporate Law, Small Business Law
A question was recently asked in the St. Louis Small Business Monthly by a reader who wondered whether or not he was missing the bus by not reducing his salary to a low amount, thereby being able to take more as an S-corporation distribution. We wrote about this issue...
by e-LawLines | Jul 17, 2013 | Employment Law
With the United States Supreme Court’s term having recently come to a close, the Court has issued an opinion concerning what an employee must prove to prevail in a retaliation lawsuit for discrimination based upon the protected classes of race, color, religion, sex...
by e-LawLines | Jul 15, 2013 | Employment Law
Under the federal discrimination laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, courts have reached different conclusions as to whether a particular employee was a “supervisor.” The distinction is important. In a workplace harassment suit under Title VII, where an...
