Overland Park Employment Attorney
Enforcing Your Workplace Rights in Missouri and Kansas
Employees have a right to be treated with dignity and for their employers to comply with laws and individual agreements. When employers fail to uphold their agreements, to provide a workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment, or that penalizes you for reporting violations, you may feel helpless or uncertain about how to enforce your rights. Swartz Law helps workers in Overland Park and throughout Missouri and Kansas to take back their dignity and enforce their workplace rights.
Using Creative Solutions and Strategic Tactics to Maximize Results
Swartz Law represents employees with employment issues that arise in the workplace. From negotiating individual agreements (such as employment contracts and non-competition and non-solicitation agreements) to litigating and resolving claims, Swartz Law has the experience you need to resolve your workplace concerns. Creative and strategic litigation tactics are utilized throughout all stages of the litigation process to maximize results for your particular case. Whether you are an individual contributor, manager, or high-level executive, Swartz Law can help you take the necessary steps to rectify your work environment and to hold your employer accountable.
Collaborative Approach
Attorney Tara Swartz has handled employment law matters for more than a decade. Drawing on her knowledge and experience, she offers creative, diligent and, when necessary, aggressive representation in negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. She listens to your concerns, analyzes the key components of your case, and guides you through the entire process while maintaining a global perspective – which includes ensuring you are able to move forward in your life. Each case receives Attorney Swartz’s personal attention and guidance.
Collaboration is key. Only you can provide the vital information about your company and the players involved necessary to properly analyze and determine how to proceed with your case. Attorney Swartz works with you to determine the most effective avenue to achieve the best possible outcome.
As an experienced Overland Park employment lawyer, serving Missouri and Kansas, Attorney Swartz understands the sensitive nature of handling workplace claims. She keeps all matters strictly confidential and provides candid advice on your chances of success and potential costs up front so you can make informed decisions about what is best for you to proceed.
Contact Our Missouri and Kansas Employment Law Attorney
Do you feel threatened at work? Have you experienced discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in the workplace? Are you sick and not receiving the time off from work or benefits you need or to which you are entitled? Is your employer violating your individual agreement or not paying you? Attorney Swartz can answer your questions about employment law and assist in enforcing your workplace rights. For more information, contact Swartz Law online or by calling (816) 444-8900. In addition to appointments during normal business hours, evening and weekend consultations are provided by appointment.
Employee Workplace Claims
When you are having problems at work you need to understand your rights. Speak with an attorney who can inform and advise you about your workplace rights and guide you through every stage of your claim. Scroll down to select an area below to find out more about your employee rights and the cases we handle.
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Workplace Discrimination
Federal and state employment laws protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Workplace discrimination takes a huge toll on its victims, creating problems for their careers and professional lives. Swartz Law encourages you to come to us if you have experienced discrimination in your Kansas or Missouri workplace.
Sexual Harassment
For individuals who experience sexual harassment, the effects can be devastating. We have years of experience dealing with cases of sexual harassment, enabling us to work effectively to resolve these cases so our clients can move on with their lives.
Wages, Commissions & Bonuses
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets the standard requiring employers to give fair compensation for hours worked and for overtime pay. You have the legal right to be fairly paid for the work that you do, and Swartz Law will help you assert that right.
Medical & Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities and medical issues are legally protected from discrimination in the workplace. If you have faced disability discrimination at work, make sure you have a diligent employment discrimination lawyer on your side to defend your rights.
Workplace Retaliation
Federal law protects employees from workplace retaliation as a result of complaints regarding harassment or discrimination. Our employment lawyer will fight for you to ensure that your legal rights are protected and that you are able to make complaints about harassment or discrimination in the workplace without facing retaliation for those complaints.
Wrongful Termination
When an employer unlawfully terminates an employee with a breach of employment contract or on the basis of discrimination, it is known as wrongful termination. In order to successfully fight back against a wrongful termination, you will need an experienced employment lawyer by your side.
Employment Contract
Employers and employees alike have the obligation to honor all legal contracts between each other. Navigating employment contract law and breach of contract can be difficult and complicated, which is why having a seasoned lawyer on your side is essential.