by e-LawLines | Oct 13, 2015 | Employment Law
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects civilian job rights and benefits for veterans and members of Reserve components. Under this important statute, an individual may be absent from work for military duty and retain...
by e-LawLines | Sep 30, 2015 | Employment Law
On August 28, 2015, Mayor of St. Louis Francis Slay and the Board of Aldermen passed a new ordinance that would gradually increase the minimum wage in the city of St. Louis to $11.00 by January 1, 2018. The ordinance called for the minimum wage to increase to $8.25 on...
by e-LawLines | Sep 28, 2015 | Employment Law
The Missouri Supreme Court has just issued a major ruling on whether “me too” evidence is admissible in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought pursuant to the Missouri Human Rights Act. The case involves an age discrimination claim brought by a...
by e-LawLines | Jul 29, 2015 | Employment Law
Unless exempt, employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rate of pay. A covered employee must be compensated for...
by e-LawLines | Jul 22, 2015 | Employment Law
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a ruling last week in which it stated that employment discrimination based upon sexual orientation amounts to sex discrimination, at least for claims against the federal government. The 3-2 ruling by the Commission...
by e-LawLines | Jul 21, 2015 | Employment Law
The Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued a new interpretation concerning the proper legal standard to determine whether an individual has been misclassified as an independent contractor instead of an employee. The...
