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Sexual Harassment | Lear Werts
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Family Medical Leave Act. Sexual harassment is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and comparable state laws, and it involves a wide variety of actions, such as:. Demands for sexual favors in exchange for promotion, pay raises, or other employment benefits. Demands for sexual favors to avoid adverse employment actions, like a cut in pay or being fired. A hostile work environment, encouraged or tolerated by the employer, that is oppressive because of sexual innuendo or intimidation.
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Employment Discrimination | Lear Werts
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Family Medical Leave Act. Discrimination is not acceptable in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as comparable state laws, prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace. Retaliation because you filed a claim. What the laws protect. Federal and local discrimination laws cover all employer practices relating to employees and potential employees. Discrimination can occur during any of these situations:. When you apply for a job. If you have been terminated. It may be t...
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DirecTV Installer Wage & Hour Litigation | Lear Werts
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Pending Investigations Article Categories:. DirecTV Installer Wage and Hour Litigation. Written by Sander Sowers. Lear Werts LLP and our co-counsel Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP filed a lawsuit on March 2, 2010 against DirecTV, Inc., DirecTV Home Services, Inc., and AeroSat USA, LLC seeking unpaid wages and overtime resulting from the defendants’ piece rate payment policies. Click here to view a copy of the Complaint. How To Join This Lawsuit. Please visit our Contact Page to describe your situation in a cont...
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Wrongful Death | Lear Werts
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The death of a family member is always a tragic experience. When a death is the result of negligence, the family of the victim has the right under Missouri law to hold the negligent party responsible. Unlike most claims for personal injuries which are premised on the common law duty to act reasonably, a claim for wrongful death is governed by Missouri Statute. For this file Click Here. Legal elements of a Missouri wrongful death case. That the victims death was the result of the defendants negligence.
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Commercial Contingency | Lear Werts
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Class and Collective Actions. Contingency Fee-based Plaintiff's Litigation for Missouri Small Businesses. Resolving disputes for small business clients. Lear Werts LLP is a Columbia, Missouri law firm that has helped many small business clients resolve disputes and avoid protracted upfront coast of litigation. They provide experience in commercial litigation for small businesses throughout the Missouri. Disputes with other businesses. Business Torts: There are instances when a business may engage in misc...
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Bradford B. Lear | Lear Werts LLP
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Brad Lear’s practice primarily involves representing individuals and small businesses in lawsuits filed in various state and federal courts. He focuses on complex personal injury and employment cases including representing groups of employees in collective and class actions. Brad strives to master the important details of each of his cases while maintaing a “big picture” point of view that allows him to seek and obtain positive resolution of the issues facing his clients. Bradford B. Lear. Brad Lear’s pr...
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Class and Collective Actions | Lear Werts
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Class and Collective Actions. Class and Collective Actions. An Experienced Missouri Class Action Law Firm. Many people have received court notices in the mail that they are a member of a class action lawsuit. In essence a class action is a group of people who have the same complaint against an organization and are seeking damages. The examples of class action situations are unlimited:. An inferior product was sold to many people, but the seller refused to repair the product or issue refunds for returns.
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Traveling Business Consultant Unpaid Wages and Overtime Litigation | Lear Werts
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Pending Investigations Article Categories:. Business Consultants File Case Against International Services, Inc. (IPA) Claiming Unpaid Wages and Overtime Pay. Written by Todd Werts. Todd Werts and Brad Lear of Lear Werts LLP are representing the business consultants who have filed this collective action lawsuit for unpaid overtime and wages. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and has been assigned the case number 12-CV-165. This case involves Senior...
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Columbia MO workers compensation lawyers | MO work comp attorneys | Lear Werts
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For a free consultation with one of our experienced Missouri workers compensation lawyers to discuss your work comp claim, call 573-875-1991. Todd Werts has practiced in the area of workers’ compensation throughout his career, helping clients receive disability benefits when their workplace injury kept them off the job. Since 2003, he and Brad Lear have partnered to maximize compensation for their clients. In 2010, Sander Sowers joined the firm’s workers compensation practice. Death Benefits. If the ...