by e-LawLines | Aug 5, 2011 | Corporate Law, Employment Law, Litigation, Small Business Law
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that an employer’s termination of an employee in response to an oral complaint about working conditions does subject the employer to potential liability for violation...
by David P. Weiss | Aug 2, 2011 | Employment Law, Small Business Law
In 2008, the United canadian healthcare States Congress enacted amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”). In March 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), which is charged with writing and adopting regulations, promulgated...
by e-LawLines | Jul 7, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation
Arbitration is a matter of contract, and an arbitration agreement is only enforceable so long as the agreement exhibits the essential elements of a valid contract. Kunzie v. Jack-In-The-Box, Inc., 330 S.W.3d 476, 480-81 (Mo. App. E.D. 2010). Missouri courts are...
by e-LawLines | Jun 24, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation
On March 22, 2011, the Missouri Court of Appeals decided Williams v. Labarge Products, Inc., et al., holding that the filing of a late notice of appeal is not allowed in special statutory proceedings such as unemployment claims. In Williams, the Claimant, Leslie...
by e-LawLines | Jun 16, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation, Small Business Law
Section 207(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) provides that “no employer shall employ any of his employees…for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a...
by e-LawLines | Jun 7, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation
On May 25, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted rules to establish a new whistleblower program, implemented under Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Act” or “Dodd-Frank Act”). The Dodd-Frank Act was...
