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7015 College Blvd
Suite 375
Overland Park, KS 66211
M - F 8:30am - 5:00pm
913.345.2555
On February 26, 2026, the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule to revise the standard for determining whether a worker is classified as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical...
Published: March 8, 2026
Categories: employment, Employment Eligibility, FLSA
The Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision on June 5, 2025 in the case of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. In this case, Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged that she was denied two separate promotions in favor of homosexual candidates,...
Published: June 6, 2025
Categories: General
As the summer approaches, so too do summer internships. There are two types of classic summer internships: paid and unpaid. Obviously, if you decide to pay your interns, you can (and must) treat them as employees, meaning that you need to make sure that...
Published: April 30, 2025
Categories: General
The Missouri Legislature recently passed legislature establishing minimum standards for providing paid sick leave to most employees.
The following are some of the basic requirements:
MINIMUM ACCRUAL OF PAID SICK LEAVE:
All employees must be...
Published: March 2, 2025
Categories: General
On March 3, 2022, Congress passed H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. This law prohibits allows victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment to take their claims to court instead of being required...
Published: March 8, 2022
Categories: General
On January 7th the Kansas Supreme Court left intact a 2020 state statute that limited the Governor’s power to require mask mandates in schools. The legislature enacted the statute after Governor Laura Kelly issued an emergency executive order...
Published: January 7, 2022
Categories: Covid-19
The Kansas Legislature recently passed House Bill 2001 and on November 23, 2021, Governor Kelly signed the Bill into law. See hb2001_enrolled.pdf (kslegislature.org). This law broadly defines religious beliefs. It also requires Kansas employers to grant...
Published: December 8, 2021
Categories: Covid-19, employment, General, Religious Discrimination