7015 College Blvd
Suite 375
Overland Park, KS 66211
M - F 8:30am - 5:00pm
913.345.2555
Colantuono Guinn Keppler LLC is located in metropolitan Kansas City with an office in Overland Park, Kansas.
Our practice emphasizes employment and business litigation. We also serve as local counsel in Kansas and Missouri courts for out-of-state attorneys.
We are experienced litigators and trusted advisors serving clients both in Kansas and in Missouri. Our firm’s primary emphasis is employment litigation representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and our overall practice also encompasses advocacy outside of traditional litigation, such as arbitration and mediation. A number of our attorneys regularly guide businesses through a variety of transactions ranging from business formation to advising on commercial leases and to tackling complex buyouts and sales. We invite you to explore our site to learn more about who we are and what we do.
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We serve clients both in Kansas and in Missouri. Our corporate and employer clients have included accounting firms, law firms, human resource consulting firms, cities, general contractors and subcontractors, manufacturers, medical offices, restaurants, employee placement firms, automobile dealerships, and a variety of other businesses.
Our non-employer clients have included attorneys, accountants, physicians, dentists, executives, human resource directors, sales representatives, information technology personnel, along with individuals from many other professions and occupations.
The Missouri Legislature recently passed legislature establishing minimum standards for providing paid sick leave to most employees.
The following are some of the basic requirements:
MINIMUM ACCRUAL OF PAID SICK LEAVE:
All employees must be permitted to accrue at least one hour of "earned paid sick time" for every 30 hours worked. The hours do not need to be worked consecutively, nor do 30 hours need to be worked in one week. The employer is responsible for tracking the amount of hours to which each employee is entitled.
MINIMUM HOURS OF USE PER YEAR:
For employers with fewer than...
March 2, 2025
On March 3, 2022, Congress passed H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. This law prohibits allows victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment to take their claims to court instead of being required to arbitrate through binding arbitration agreements. The law also invalidates class action waivers on claims involving sexual assault or sexual harassment claims.
This law will be particularly impactful in the employment sector, where employees frequently agree to binding arbitration clauses when they accept new employment. Often, employees...
March 8, 2022
