Posts in April, 2011

Apr 25 Restaurant Employees Win Missouri Overtime Case Against Applebees

In the recent case of Fast v. Applebees International, Inc. , the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (which ...

Apr 20 Riggan Law Firm Sues St. Louis Restaurant for Wage/Hour Violations

On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, Riggan Law Firm, LLC , a St. Louis overtime law firm, filed a class/collective action wage and hour ...

Apr 18 You Are Called an Independent Contractor, But You May Be An Employee Who Is Entitled to Overtime Pay

The Fair Labor Standards Act and many state laws require employers to provide premium pay (one and a half times the regular hourly ...

Apr 11 Nursing Mothers Entitled to Breaks at Work

In modern times, it is a challenge for working mothers to balance the their work responsibilities with their family life. No one ...

Apr 04 Missouri Supreme Court Broadly Interprets Missouri Prevailing Wage Act

In the recent case of Utility Service Co. v. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations , the Missouri Supreme ...