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1. TITLE: Supreme Court requires that “acts” of discrimination, not merely “effects”, occur within EEOC filing deadline

   New Justices Alito and Roberts provide the majority votes to apply a narrow interpretation to the EEOC filing deadline.
   Supreme Court clarifies that “acts of discrimination” - not merely “effects of discrimination” - must occur within the very short EEOC filing deadline period.
   The case is Ledbetter v. Goodyear, decided by the US Supreme Court on […]

   Posted in major category:     DISCRIMINATION, TRAPS, ALERTS - NEWS    
   Related articles in:    Discrimination and Traps
   
   

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2. TITLE: Sorry State of our employment protections

   The sorry state of our Missouri employment protections
   (This page is a work in progress) Below the Introduction is a Big Clickable List of laws and doctrines. Read the Intro first, please
   INTRODUCTION: What’s here, and how YOU can check up on your legislature
   This page will introduce you to some of the deficiencies in […]

   Posted in major category:     INTRO    
   Related articles in:    Dirty details, Employee rights, FAQ, Politics of job law, Quick start and Traps
   
   

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3. TITLE: Quitting your job - common questions

   QUITTING YOUR JOB
   Common questions: “Should I Quit?” and/or “I Already Quit - can I do anything?”
   KEY POINTS:

   Don’t quit without getting legal advice first.
   If you already quit, a lawyer might be able to help you anyway. All is not lost.

   Should I quit my job due to mistreatment at work?
   WARNING - There are major traps possibly in […]

   Posted in major category:     INTRO, TRAPS    
   Related articles in:    Constructive discharge, Making complaints, Quitting, Stress and Traps
   
   

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4. TITLE: Missed Deadlines in employment cases

   MISSED DEADLINESin Employment Cases
   What if you may have missed a deadline to file charges or complaints or lawsuits?
   Some people might read this website and begin to wonder whether they have missed a deadline. As a general proposition, if you think you have a deadline problem ACT NOW!

   Call the government agency that might take your complaint […]

   Posted in major category:     TRAPS    
   Related articles in:    Dirty details and Traps
   
   

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5. TITLE: Government Employees - Generally

   Government Employees, generally
   First a BIG Caution, and then a brief introduction to some of the rights of Government employees:
   CAUTION: The info on TimsLaw.com is written for the private sector, not the government sector. That’s because so much is (or may be) different for government employees in terms of your rights, your deadlines, who you complain […]

   Posted in major category:     MISC JOBLAW TOPICS, TRAPS    
   Related articles in:    Employee rights, Government and Traps
   
   

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6. TITLE: Caution: TimsLaw.com audience is Missouri Residents Only - Here’s Why

   Who is the TimsLaw.com Target Audience? Missouri Residents.

   This site is directed at the people who live in Missouri right now and are interested in Missouri’s job law for people that work in Missouri. Maybe they got fired from a job in Missouri, or are currently having job problems in their Missouri job.
   I have some Questions […]

   Posted in major category:     TRAPS    
   Related articles in:    About Tim and the site and Traps
   
   

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7. TITLE: Caution: General Legal Info Isn’t Legal Advice For You

   Why I caution against you considering general information to be legal advice
   “Legal Advice” is different than general legal information
   The essence of legal advice is that a lawyer learns the details of your specific story and then designs a strategy to try to make it more likely that you will get the result you want in […]

   Posted in major category:     TRAPS    
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8. TITLE: Constructive Discharge - Being forced to quit

   Constructive Discharge
   Being forced to quit a job
   Sometimes a resignation is not really voluntary choice. Sometimes we are forced to quit jobs due to mistreatment. Was our resignation really a “firing without good cause” through being “forced to quit”?
   UPDATE: On June 14, 2004 the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision setting some new standards […]

   Posted in major category:     RETALIATION, TRAPS    
   Related articles in:    Constructive discharge, Hostile Environment and Traps
   
   

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