US Jurisdictions

Kansas

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    Employment Law Guide

    HR Management: Kansas

    Kansas law does not require private employers to provide employees with access to their personnel files.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Employee Classification: Kansas

    Kansas's wage and hour law exempts from its minimum wage and/or overtime requirements certain employees, including executives, administrators, professionals and outside salespersons. This guide provides an in-depth review of Kansas employment law requirements with respect to employee classification, including minimum salary levels and other exemption criteria.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Employment Offer: Kansas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas laws related to employment offers. It discusses verbal and written employment offers, conditional employment offers, and withdrawal of employment offers.

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    Employment Law Guide

    The Unionization Process: Kansas

    This guide provides an overview of laws relevant to the unionization process in Kansas. It includes information on the state's right-to-work status and employees' rights to organize and bargain collectively. It also covers union organizing and collective bargaining rights for agricultural workers.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Unfair Labor Practices: Kansas

    This guide provides an overview of Kansas law governing unfair labor practices by employers, employees and labor organizations, including enforcement of the law.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Harassment: Kansas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas laws prohibiting sexual harassment and other forms of harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic. It covers sexual harassment training, defenses against harassment claims, enforcement and remedies.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Jury Duty: Kansas

    This guide provides an overview of Kansas law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation and benefits during leave, prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service, and employee remedies for employer discrimination or retaliation with respect to jury service.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Workplace Security: Kansas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas requirements regarding workplace security, including those related to theft, securing electronic devices, data breaches, trespassing and guns and weapons in the workplace.

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    Employment Law Guide

    HR and Workplace Safety: Kansas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas requirements regarding workplace safety and health, including those related to the absence of a state plan, the statute of limitations for personal injuries or wrongful death, the use of electronic devices while driving, and drug and alcohol testing.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Retaliation: Kansas

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of anti-retaliation protections under Kansas EEO laws. It addresses what constitutes retaliation and the associated penalties and remedies for employers that engage in illegal retaliation.

Kansas at a Glance

Local Coverage

Lawrence

Kansas Employment Law Guide

At-Will, Contracts and Restrictive Covenants

EEO

Employee Benefits

Employee Leaves

Employee Management

HR Strategy, Management and the Law

Labor Relations

Organizational Exit

Payroll

Recruiting and Hiring

Risk Management - Health, Safety, Security

Types of Employers and Workers

Wage and Hour