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Sherman A1's JournalStricter workplace discrimination standards headed for Missouri House
The Missouri Senate passed a bill along party lines Thursday that would make it harder for employees to prove discrimination when fired from a job.
Under Senate Bill 43, an employee has to prove "race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, or age" was the main reason for dismissal, not just a contributing factor. The measure now goes to the House.
Farmington Republican Sen. Gary Romine, who sponsored the bill, said it will protect businesses without harming the rights of employees.
"We've seen people use a discriminatory act to cry wolf, to retaliate against an employer, when we really had discrimination activities going on, and they get lost sometimes in the weeds because of all the other, what I call, frivolous lawsuits taking place," he said.
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Stricter workplace discrimination standards headed for Missouri House
The Missouri Senate passed a bill along party lines Thursday that would make it harder for employees to prove discrimination when fired from a job.
Under Senate Bill 43, an employee has to prove "race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, or age" was the main reason for dismissal, not just a contributing factor. The measure now goes to the House.
Farmington Republican Sen. Gary Romine, who sponsored the bill, said it will protect businesses without harming the rights of employees.
"We've seen people use a discriminatory act to cry wolf, to retaliate against an employer, when we really had discrimination activities going on, and they get lost sometimes in the weeds because of all the other, what I call, frivolous lawsuits taking place," he said.
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/stricter-workplace-discrimination-standards-headed-missouri-house#stream/0
Stricter workplace discrimination standards headed for Missouri House
The Missouri Senate passed a bill along party lines Thursday that would make it harder for employees to prove discrimination when fired from a job.
Under Senate Bill 43, an employee has to prove "race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, or age" was the main reason for dismissal, not just a contributing factor. The measure now goes to the House.
Farmington Republican Sen. Gary Romine, who sponsored the bill, said it will protect businesses without harming the rights of employees.
"We've seen people use a discriminatory act to cry wolf, to retaliate against an employer, when we really had discrimination activities going on, and they get lost sometimes in the weeds because of all the other, what I call, frivolous lawsuits taking place," he said.
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/stricter-workplace-discrimination-standards-headed-missouri-house#stream/0
Warehouse operator that replaced union workers sues Schnucks
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/warehouse-operator-that-replaced-union-workers-sues-schnucks/article_c3a9b79c-7919-57b0-9205-c6071a8daf97.htmlXPO Logistics is laying off 204 employees in St. Louis County amid a dispute between the company and Schnuck Markets.
Maryland Heights-based Schnucks, which has 100 grocery stores in five states, hired Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO to staff the grocers 915,000-square-foot warehouse in Kinloch that opened in mid-2016.
Last month, XPO sued Schnucks for breach of contract, alleging Schnucks failed to pay it more than $1.3 million. XPO also alleged the Kinloch buildings opening was rushed and it was unable to properly perform its warehouse management services.
Schnucks has denied the allegations in XPOs lawsuit and told the Post-Dispatch it terminated the contract with XPO because XPO failed to operate the warehouse properly under the terms of its contract.
Schnucks' warehouse operator XPO laying off 204 in St. Louis County
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/warehouse-operator-that-replaced-union-workers-sues-schnucks/article_c3a9b79c-7919-57b0-9205-c6071a8daf97.htmlXPO Logistics is laying off 204 employees in St. Louis County amid a dispute between the company and Schnuck Markets.
Maryland Heights-based Schnucks, which has 100 grocery stores in five states, hired Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO to staff the grocers 915,000-square-foot warehouse in Kinloch that opened in mid-2016.
Last month, XPO sued Schnucks for breach of contract, alleging Schnucks failed to pay it more than $1.3 million. XPO also alleged the Kinloch buildings opening was rushed and it was unable to properly perform its warehouse management services.
Schnucks has denied the allegations in XPOs lawsuit and told the Post-Dispatch it terminated the contract with XPO because XPO failed to operate the warehouse properly under the terms of its contract.
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Missouri Supreme Court upholds St. Louis minimum wage law; will be $11 by 2018
Its unanimous opinion ruled that a 2015 ordinance does not conflict with the states minimum wage of $7.65 an hour.
In 2015, both St. Louis and Kansas City made headway on increasing the minimum wage. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed his city's legislation in August of that year; a Kansas City group, disappointed with its City Council, got a measure to set the minimum wage at $15 by 2020 on last November's ballot.
Then, the courts stepped in. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Steven Ohmer struck down the St. Louis law hours before it was supposed to take effect. A different judge had Kansas City's measure removed from the ballot. Both courts ruled that cities were blocked by the Missouri Constitution from requiring minimum wages higher than what's set by state law.
The state Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that Kansas City's measure must get a vote, but did not address the issue of whether it conflicted with Missouri law. The judges rejected that argument in Tuesday's opinion, ruling that cities have the right to order businesses to pay a higher minimum wage.
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-supreme-court-upholds-st-louis-minimum-wage-law-will-be-11-2018?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Missouri%20Supreme%20Court%20upholds%20St.%20Louis%20minimum%20wage%20law%3B%20will%20be%20%2411%20by%202018&utm_campaign=LRL#stream/0
At least one dead after tornado roars through near Perryville, Mo.
A tornado left at least one person dead as it toppled cars and smashed buildings in and around Perryville, Mo., on Tuesday night.
Sgt. Al Nothum of the Missouri Highway Patrol confirmed that at least one person had been killed when the twister crossed Interstate 55, overturning several vehicles that were on the road and scattering others from a nearby junkyard onto the interstate.
The interstate was closed in both directions just north of Perryville for several hours because of the debris. Perryville is about 90 miles south of St. Louis.
Alan Huber pulled his 81-year-old mother, Patricia Huber, from the basement of her destroyed home. He said she told him "I'm OK," when he found her amid debris that included a toppled propane tank that had nearly hit her in the head.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/at-least-one-dead-after-tornado-roars-through-near-perryville/article_242683e0-1f95-5c20-b46a-2eb1a2fbd86b.html
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