Q: Am I legally entitled to a severance package? A: Typically, an employer is not legally required to provide an employee with a severance package. An exception to this would be if an employee had signed an employment agreement that contractually required the employer to provide certain severance pay and/or benefits. Even though an employer […]

A recent lawsuit filed against the restaurant chain, Sushi Ai, alleges that the company not only forced servers to share their tips with sushi chefs, but also required those servers to pay monetary fines with money taken out of their tips. Servers who worked at the St. Louis-based sushi chain were fined whenever they were

Our firm is proud to announce that Attorney Russ Riggan has been named in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list. Attorney Riggan has been awarded for his hard work and dedication in representing clients in employment law issues. With more than a decade of legal experience, he has passionately guided clients through the complex

In a recently filed lawsuit, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, an employment law firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, asserted claims on behalf of its client, a St. Louis County Police Officer who alleges that his employer, St. Louis County, Missouri, has denied him multiple promotions based on his sex/gender and retaliated against him in violation

On August 16, 2016, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, an employment law firm located in St. Louis, Missouri, filed an employment discrimination lawsuit on behalf of its client, an airline pilot, against GoJet Airlines. The lawsuit—filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri—alleges that the Plaintiff airline pilot was fired in violation

A bill currently being considered by a Missouri House committee could eliminate the state’s prevailing wage for public construction projects. Under the current wage system, a base wage is set on an annual basis for a wide range of public works jobs, with workers and employers free to negotiate for higher salaries. The new bill,

On January 6, 2016, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm, obtained a victory for its client in a case involving claims of sexual harassment and retaliation, among others. In the case of Andrea Zeman v. RNA Worldwide, LLC, et al., Riggan Law Firm, LLC obtained a judgment for its client in the

Recently, Riggan Law Firm, LLC, a St. Louis employment law firm, filed a class and collective action lawsuit on behalf of its clients, a group of home healthcare workers, to recover unpaid wages for time that the employees spent working “off the clock.” The plaintiffs, who worked for SSM Health at Home as home healthcare workers, assert

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a proposed update to a rule that governs overtime pay for salaried workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL is seeking to amend the “white collar” exemption that excludes certain executive, administrative, and professional employees from overtime protections. A worker’s status as an exempt