Congratulations to firm partner, Mark Parrish on receiving the Distinguished Counselor award from Kansas City Mo. Bar Association!
Read MoreDana Apple Discusses Management Rights Clauses and How Unions Can Push Back on KKFI's Heartland Labor Forum.
Read MoreFor the first time in the lives of just about everyone you and we know, what had been considered a woman’s constitutionally protected right was taken back by the United States Supreme Court.
Read MoreLabor attorney Dana Apple was interviewed by radio station KKFI’s Heartland Labor Forum program to discuss the National Labor Board’s General Counsel’s move to outlaw anti-union captive audience meetings where employers push workers to vote against union organizing.
Read MoreOn March 29, 2022, US District Court for the Western District of Missouri Judge Brian Gaddy approved a $2 million settlement in a collective class action entitled Adams et al v. City of Kansas City, Missouri (“Adams”).
Read MoreThe Kansas City Star recently published an article highlighting the critical failures and inadequacies of the Kansas workers’ compensation system and its goal to protect injured workers.
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Several Missouri lawmakers have submitted bills that would forgive people who qualified and received unemployment benefits but then a more careful screening revealed they actually didn’t qualify.
Read MoreJohn B. Boyd, firm partner was recently named “MVP of the Week” by the Greater Kansas City Building and Trades Council for Outstanding Performance in 2021.
Read MoreManaging Partner and seasoned litigator, Brianne Thomas received the Litigation Practitioner Award during the 23rd Annual Women’s Justice Awards held in St. Louis this month. Brianne specializes in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases.
Read MoreAre you tired of political parties pushing agendas which do not protect and improve your access to good jobs, decent wages, adequate health insurance and a pension when you retire?
Read MoreKansas City didn't include bonuses in a group of firefighters' base compensation when it calculated their overtime rate as required by federal law, a Missouri federal judge found.
Read MoreFirm attorney, Dana Apple spoke at the Mid-America Labor Management Conference.
Read MoreRobert Sauls, firm attorney joins Local 778 the Machinists union at Highway Trailer Sales, Inc. The machinists are on strike because the owner wants to reduce their pay by 10% after a three year freeze on wages.
Read MoreApologies are 43 years too late for Kevin Strickland, who has spent more than half of his life behind bars for murders prosecutors say he did not commit.
Read MoreThe Missouri Women’s Justice Awards have been celebrating extraordinary women lawyers, law students, rising stars, public officials and others in recognition of the standard of excellence they’ve set for their peers since 1999.
Read MoreIs this the best we can do? Letting Republicans turn their backs on the majority of Missourians?
Read MoreThe COVID-19 Immunity Bill is expected to arrive in the Missouri Senate any day now. This Bill RAISES the standards by which a Plaintiff must prove misconduct that caused an injury. The bill would shield businesses from liability for claims that fall out of workers’ compensation. In other words, a worker’s family member who is injured or killed through the worker’s workplace infection is left without a legal remedy.
Read MoreParson has asked Senate leadership to remove the COVID liability protection bill from the special session called to appropriate federal coronavirus relief funds.
Read MoreAs a former prosecutor I want to take a moment to reflect on the absurdity of concurrent jurisdiction. For those who do not know what concurrent jurisdiction is, as it pertains to this piece of legislation, it affords the attorney general the opportunity to prosecute a case over which he or she does not currently have jurisdiction. It infringes upon local control. Prosecutors are elected at the local level and the state should not be allowed to take control of those cases.
Read MoreSeveral years ago, the Labor Beacon published an article in its 8/31/12 edition, titled “Why Do Union Members Vote For Republicans?” It’s hard to fathom, that 8 years later, this continues to be a phenomenon that remains unanswered within the labor community.
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