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Employment
Call 573-875-1991 to speak with a Columbia Missouri employment law attorney at Lear Werts to discuss your possible employment law claims.
In the Employment section of the website, you can find information about the various employment law claims that must be considered in a Missouri wrongful termination. For example, there are pages on Employment discrimination, Sexual harassment, Retaliation, and Disability discrimination. The Missouri employment lawyers of Lear Werts LLP also handle claims filed by groups of employees, whether it be due to Mass layoffs or the company’s failure to properly account for all time worked by its employees resulting in Unpaid overtime. Employment law claims are very fact-specific, but the Employment section of the website provides the basic framework for determining whether a recently terminated or otherwise aggrieved employee may have a valid legal claim.
Employment Law Cases Handled by Lear Werts
At Lear Werts LLP, in Columbia, Missouri, employee rights lawyers represent workers who have been discriminated against, harassed, wrongfully terminated, or denied employment in violation of state or federal civil rights laws. The firm’s attorneys can also handle Jones Act claims for employees (including deck hands and crew members) injured on barges or other ships, as well as Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) claims and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims.
If you feel you have been treated unfairly or are having trouble collecting compensation you deserve, please contact the firm and make arrangements for a free consultation with an employee rights lawyer.
A discrimination complaint can be pursued through the administrative process at the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR) o the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It may be to your benefit to take your case directly to the state court, which requires obtaining a Right to Sue Letter (RTS) from the MCHR and/or the EEOC. An attorney will be able to advise you on which course is in your best interest, and assist you with the process.
Employment discrimination cases, which Lear Werts LLP is prepared to handle, involve violations of Title VII, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Missouri Human Rights Act where a worker is subjected to:
- Sex discrimination
- Age discrimination
- Race discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Religious discrimination
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Retaliation
The attorneys at Lear Werts LLP handle harassment cases including sexual harassment, religious harassment, and all other types of harassment. For more information regarding sexual harassment, please review our site’s Sexual Harassment Information or Page.)
Additionally, the firm’s attorneys handle claims involving wrongful or retaliatory discharge on the basis of gender, age, race, disability, religious beliefs, filing a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim or workers’ compensation claim, and reporting illegal conduct or cooperating with a government investigation (Qui Tam).
Contact an Experienced Columbia, Missouri, Employee Rights Lawyer
If you believe you have been discriminated against, harassed, wrongfully denied employment, passed up for promotion, or wrongfully discharged, and would like to speak with one of the firm’s Missouri employee rights lawyers, contact Lear Werts LLP to arrange for a complimentary consultation about your situation.
At Lear Werts LLP, in Columbia, Missouri, employee rights lawyers provide legal services to clients throughout the state, focusing on cases handled in mid-Missouri (central Missouri) and the Columbia area including cities of Jefferson City, Fayette, Booneville, Fulton, and Huntsville, and communities throughout Boone County and Cole, Howard, Cooper, Chariton, Linn, Adair, Macon, Shelby, Randolph, Saline, Pettis, Morgan, Moniteau, Benton, Saint Clair, Cedar, Hickory, Camden, Laclede, Miller, Osage, Callaway, and Montgomery counties.
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