Attorney D. Shane Jones was chosen as a co-author of The Missouri Bar Desk Book Missouri Employer-Employee Law, Third Edition. Shane authored the chapter regarding Missouri’s Prevailing Wage Law, which governs the statutory wages that workers must be paid, for work on Missouri public works construction projects.

In this chapter, Shane examines a range of legal topics including: the Process of Determining the Prevailing Wage, Requirements & Information for Public Bodies, Requirements & Information for Contractors, Information for Employees, Coverage and Applicability of the Prevailing Wage Law, Enforcement & Litigation, Damage and Remedies, and Special Rules Regarding Excessive Unemployment. The Missouri Employer-Employee Law, Third Edition was published in September of 2008. For more information about the Desk Book or other publications of the Missouri Bar, please visit the Missouri Bar website by clicking here.

Tueth Keeney has successfully represented a number of businesses, large and small, throughout the Midwest in labor and employment matters. Our broad range of experience includes employment discrimination litigation, wage-hour investigations, affirmative action revision plans development, INS audits, and a variety of traditional labor matters.

Shane also practices in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations.  He is experienced in crafting proposals and counter-proposals, and in effectively presenting the employer’s position at the bargaining table.  He has directly negotiated or participated extensively behind the scenes in the negotiation of more than fifty collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and in the “meet and confer” process under the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law. 

Shane is a Vice-Chair of the Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Law Committee, an author of the "Prevailing Wage" chapter in the most recent Missouri Employee-Employer Law Desk Book, and a co-author of the "Employment Law" chapter in the most recent Missouri Bar School Law Desk Book as well as its most recent supplement.  Shane has been a Tueth Keeney shareholder since January, 2003.

D. Shane Jones practices in the areas of labor & employment law, education law, and litigation in both Missouri and Illinois. He routinely advises and represents employers in wage and hour matters, the design and review of employee handbooks, and disciplining and terminating employees. Shane has successfully defended employers against discrimination claims, First Amendment claims, Due Process claims, and other Labor and Employment actions in state and federal courts. 

Shane also practices in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations.  He is experienced in crafting proposals and counter-proposals, and in effectively presenting the employer’s position at the bargaining table.  He has directly negotiated or participated extensively behind the scenes in the negotiation of more than fifty collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and in the “meet and confer” process under the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law. 

Shane is a Vice-Chair of the Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Law Committee, an author of the "Prevailing Wage" chapter in the most recent Missouri Employee-Employer Law Desk Book, and a co-author of the "Employment Law" chapter in the most recent Missouri Bar School Law Desk Book as well as its most recent supplement.  Shane has been a Tueth Keeney shareholder since January, 2003.