The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced earlier this week that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection that requires all…

The House recently passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the PRO Act) 225-206, a bill that contains the most significant expansion of labor rights since the 1930s-era New Deal.  Through a number of provisions applicable to both…

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA-21), providing continued economic relief to individuals, businesses, and governments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of the provisions of…

On Thursday, January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on “Protecting Worker Health and Safety,” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order states that “ensuring the health and safety of workers is a national priority…

UPDATE: The Biden administration has issued an order which immediately bars further advancement of the DOL’s independent contractor rule previously slated to take effect March 8 and discussed below, until a department or agency head…

On December 22, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule related to compensating tipped employees. The final rule modifies federal regulations in the following ways:

• It prohibits employers from keeping their…

Effective January 1, 2021, the Missouri state minimum wage rate for private businesses will be $10.30 per hour. Private retail and service businesses whose gross annual sales are less than $500,000 and public employers are not required to…

With the increase in unemployment filings and the expansion of unemployment benefits brought on by COVID-19, states across the country, including Kansas and Missouri, have experienced a significant rise in unemployment claim fraud due to…

Unfortunately, the topic of terminations and layoffs has become an important one for many employers in 2020. On October 27, Martin Pringle attorneys Terry Mann and Lora Jennings Mizell hosted a virtual discussion for the firm's clients and…

Thank you to those who were able to join Martin Pringle attorneys Rick Thompson and Ashlyn Lindskog for a virtual discussion on October 14, 2020, about what employers need to know about I-9 compliance in 2020 and current immigration issues…