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Martin Pringle Welcomes 2021 Summer Associates
After a strange summer associate season in 2020, during which law students worked remotedly for the firm but did not experience the traditional law clerk summer, Martin Pringle welcomes five law students to the Wichita office for the…
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100 Days of the Biden Administration
April 29, 2021 marks the 100th day of Joe Biden’s presidency. Like any new administration, the Biden administration has begun to demonstrate its positions, policies, and priorities that will guide its actions and decisions over the next…
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EEOC Update
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced earlier this week that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection that requires all…
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Martin Pringle Attorney Passes the Kansas Bar Exam
Congratulations to Martin Pringle Attorney Braden Stevenson on passing the Kansas Bar Exam!
Braden grew up in Winfield, Kansas and completed his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and went to Vanderbilt University Law…
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Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019 Passes the House and Advances to the Senate
The House recently passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the PRO Act) 225-206, a bill that contains the most significant expansion of labor rights since the 1930s-era New Deal. Through a number of provisions applicable to both…
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – Highlights for Employers
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA-21), providing continued economic relief to individuals, businesses, and governments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of the provisions of…
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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety
On Thursday, January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on “Protecting Worker Health and Safety,” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order states that “ensuring the health and safety of workers is a national priority…
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New Department of Labor Clarification of Definition of Independent Contractor
UPDATE: The Biden administration has issued an order which immediately bars further advancement of the DOL’s independent contractor rule previously slated to take effect March 8 and discussed below, until a department or agency head…
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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on the Employer Tip Credit and Tip-Pooling
On December 22, 2020, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule related to compensating tipped employees. The final rule modifies federal regulations in the following ways:
- It prohibits employers from keeping their…
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Missouri Minimum Wage Increase for 2021
Effective January 1, 2021, the Missouri state minimum wage rate for private businesses will be $10.30 per hour. Private retail and service businesses whose gross annual sales are less than $500,000 and public employers are not required to…
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