Our firm handles employment related matters from an employer perspective.
Attorneys in the firm represent private and public sector organizations before state and federal agencies and courts, including the NLRB, EEOC, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division and OFCCP. They also advise and litigate matters arising under Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA); Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA); Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA); Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); Railway Labor Act (RLA); Older Worker Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA); Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII); Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN).
Our representation goes beyond the courtroom and extends to personnel matters. Our attorneys prepare employee manuals, review personnel policies and counsel employers on all types of personnel issues. Our labor attorneys also practice in the union arena where they negotiate contracts, arbitrate grievances and assist companies during labor unrest. Several of the attorneys lecture and provide extensive training in this area of labor and employment law as well as litigation in state and federal courts in Missouri and Illinois.
Michael Kaemmerer is the Chair of this area of practice. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for almost 25 years, has been named to the Missouri – Kansas list of “Super Lawyers” and has been recognized as one of the top 100 Labor Attorneys in the United States by an independent rating service.
