Deeds v. Waddell & Reed Investment Management Co.

Leben, J.:

In 2007, Waddell & Reed fired Charles Deeds from his position as a sales marketing executive. A year later, Deeds filed an administrative claim (still pending) under the Kansas Wage Payment Act seeking more than $1 million in commissions he said he had earned that hadn’t been paid to him. In 2009, Deeds sued Waddell & Reed, alleging that it had fired him in retaliation for exercising his rights under the Kansas Wage Payment Act.

But a person can’t be fired in retaliation for exercising rights under the Kansas Wage Payment Act unless the employee has given some indication that he or…