When an individual in Missouri files a complaint of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the timelines are relatively straightforward: the complaint must be filed within 180 days of the last discriminatory event and then a lawsuit must be filed within 90 days of receiving the right-to-sue letter from the EEOC. Unfortunately, Missouri law contains an extra caveat, one that almost brought a recent litigant’s claim to an early end. See Plengemeier v. Thermadyne Indus. Inc., No. ED99193 (Mo. App. E.D. June 4, 2013).
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