Labor and Employment Law Blog
Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Kevin J. Dolley
In Robertson v. LTS Management Services LLC , 642 F.Supp.2d 922 (W.D. Mo. 2008), the United Stated District Court for the Western District of Missouri located in Kansas City Missouri, reviewed the ... Continue reading "Kansas City Missouri Overtime Law Update" »
Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Kevin J. Dolley
In Ondes v. Monsanto Co. , 4:11CV197 JAR, (E.D. Mo. Dec. 12, 2011), Judge John A Ross of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis ruled that the class ... Continue reading "St. Louis Class Action Labor Law Update Under FLSA" »
Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
In Kiser v. Pride Communications, Inc., Case No. 2:11-cv-00165-JCM–VCF (D. Nevada) , a group of cable installers who were paid piece rate wages filed a claim for unpaid overtime wages for hours ... Continue reading "Las Vegas Nevada Cable Installers Overtime Lawyers" »
Posted on Dec 10, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
Las Vegas, Nevada overtime class action law was recently clarified by a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Wang v. Chinese Daily News , 623 F. 3d 743 (9th Cir. 2010). In Wang , the ... Continue reading "Law Vegas Nevada State Law and FLSA Overtime Class Action Claims" »
Posted on Dec 10, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
Cases for unpaid wages are commonly filed in federal district court. In Green v. Drake Beam Morin Inc. , Case No. 11-cv-01063 (D. Colorado December 6, 2011), the federal district court located in ... Continue reading "Denver, Colorado Court Certifies FLSA Collective Action for Overtime Wages" »
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
The Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley represents paralegals in unpaid overtime cases under the FLSA. Our firm is sought out instead of local attorneys who may know the law firm accused of violating the ... Continue reading "Paralegals Are Entitled to Overtime Pay" »
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
In Hernandez v. Alpine Logistics, LLC , 2011 WL 3800031 (W.D.N.Y August 29, 2011), a federal district court had the opportunity to analyze the SAFETEALU Technical Corrections Act of 2008. This 2008 ... Continue reading "Delivery Driver Overtime Law" »
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
Over the years, special exemptions have been carved out for law enforcement personnel. These exemptions takes two distinct forms: (1) for those public agencies that employ five or fewer employees in a ... Continue reading "Law Enforcement Overtime Law" »
Posted on Nov 26, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
The Department of Labor (DOL) and federal courts have long held that service technicians are entitled to overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek as non-exempt ... Continue reading "Why Field Service Technicians Are Undeniably Entitled to Overtime Compensation" »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
St. Louis, Missouri Information Technology (IT) Employees – Unpaid Overtime Law Information Technology (IT) employees are entitled to overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of 40 hours ... Continue reading "Computer and Information Technology (IT) Employee Overtime Law" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
The Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley, located in St. Louis, Missouri, represents medical transcriptionists nationwide who are not paid time and a half the regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess ... Continue reading "Why Medical Transcriptionists Are Entitled to Overtime Compensation" »
Posted on Oct 8, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
Most actions for underpayment or failure to pay wages by an employer are enforced by the federal Department of Labor or federal district court under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). With that ... Continue reading "Missouri Wage, Hour and Overtime Law" »
Posted on Sep 17, 2011 By Kevin J. Dolley
Missouri law requires that final wages be paid to an employee upon the end or termination of employment. An employer who fails to pay final wages is in violation of Missouri Statute 290.110 RSMo. ... Continue reading "Missouri Final Wage Payment Law" »
Posted on Jun 17, 2010 By
Nurse Licensure Compact-- General info Effective June 1, 2010, Missouri is the 24 th state to implement the Nurse Licensure Compact. For more information on how will affect nurses' legal rights, ... Continue reading "Missouri Joins the Nurse Licensure Compact" »
Posted on May 23, 2010 By Contributor - Stephen Bosky
Missouri Supreme Court Recognizes Public-Policy Exception to At-Will Employment Doctrine , Missouri Supreme Court Adopts Contributing Factor Standard for Missouri Wrongful Termination Claims On ... Continue reading "Missouri Supreme Court Adopts Contributing Factor Standard for Missouri Wrongful Termination Claims " »
Posted on Feb 9, 2010 By Contributor - Jessica Cervenka
Lewis v. Heartland Inns of America, L.L.C. , No. 08-3860 (8th Cir. Jan. 21, 2010) Contributor - Jessica Cervenka The United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard arguments on whether ... Continue reading "Sex Stereotyping Ruling from the Eighth Circuit" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2010 By
On November 4, 2009, the Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on whether exclusive causation should be maintained as the standard in Missouri wrongful termination claims under the public policy ... Continue reading "Missouri Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Exclusive Causation Standard in Public Policy Wrongful Termination Cases" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2010 By
In 2007, the Law Offices of Kevin J. Dolley presented what seemed to be a simple argument to the Missouri Supreme Court. The argument was that the same standard used in trying an employment ... Continue reading "Missouri Employment Law: the broad reach of the Daugherty Standard at the summary judgment stage" »
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