The city of Kansas City has settled a discrimination case with a longtime employee.
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Read More »The city of Kansas City has settled a discrimination case with a longtime employee.
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Read More »A two-year-old EEOC policy warning employers against the overly broad use of criminal background checks to screen potential new hires continues to draw fire.
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Read More »Most people would agree that employers shouldn’t try to regulate the off-duty ethical or moral conduct of their employees. But it’s a complicated issue. Certainly there are some kinds of jobs that are so closely aligned with the employer and ...
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Read More »A significant employment law case, Douglas Daugherty v. The City of Maryland Heights, has settled, but city officials refuse to turn over the financial details of the settlement in compliance with an open records request. Daugherty sued Maryland Heights in 2003 alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his position of police captain on the basis of age and disability. His attorney, Mary Anne Sedey (pictured), of Sedey Harper, confirmed that the parties had settled but would not disclose any details concerning the settlement. Missouri Lawyers Media made a Sunshine Law request to the city for the settlement amounts that was denied.
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Read More »A Missouri appeals court issued a decision this week likely to please the state’s Republican-led Legislature. On Tuesday, the appellate court in St. Louis said a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission employee was not injured in the course of his ...
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