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Actions Indicating Desire to Keep Job Support Involuntary Discharge Over Voluntary Relinquishment
On October 4, 2011, the Missouri Court of Appeals reversed another decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) denying unemployment benefits to a claimant who had been involuntarily discharged from her employment. In Harris v. Div. of...
IRS and MO and IL DOLs’ Crackdown on Mischaracterizing Independent Contractors
Just a couple weeks ago, Missouri and Illinois, along with other states, entered into an agreement whereby the respective states’ DOLs will share information with the IRS in order to permit the IRS to more strictly enforce the wage and hour laws. Companies that...
Confusion over Alleged “Misconduct” Leads to Reversal of Unemployment Benefits Denial
Tab Evans was a Field Representative at Contract Callers, which performed services for St. Louis area utilities. On June 18, 2009, Evans was tasked to reconnect electrical service to Ameren UE customers in an apartment building. Evans tried to access the electrical...
Non-Compete Agreements and the Competitive Advantage: Where Do You Fit In?
"Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition." Wynton Marsalis, American musician Just as musicians feel threatened by other musicians who play their instruments, employers feel threatened when former employees work for competitors...