Creates new provision relating to joint employers

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Creates new provision relating to joint employers

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1363 - This act provides that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employees shall be considered employees of a franchisor for any purpose unless the franchisor exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, termination, discipline, and direction of the employees of a franchisee.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1363 - This act provides that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employees shall be considered employees of a franchisor for any purpose unless the franchisor exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, termination, discipline, and direction of the employees of a franchisee.
• This act is identical to SB 320 (2025), HB 1068 (2025), SB 1268 (2024), HB 1968 (2024), SB 465 (2023), HB 1355 (2023), HB 1913 (2022), SB 94 (2021), SB 738 (2020), a provision in SCS/HB 1559 (2020), and SS/SB 38 (2019) and substantially similar to a a provision in SS/SCS/HB 1644 (2026), a provision in HB 931 (2021), the perfected SS/SB 666 (2018), and SCS/SB 201 (2017).
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SB 1363 - This act provides that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employees shall be considered employees of a franchisor for any purpose unless the franchisor exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, termination, discipline, and direction of the employees of a franchisee.

This act is identical to SB 320 (2025), HB 1068 (2025), SB 1268 (2024), HB 1968 (2024), SB 465 (2023), HB 1355 (2023), HB 1913 (2022), SB 94 (2021), SB 738 (2020), a provision in SCS/HB 1559 (2020), and SS/SB 38 (2019) and substantially similar to a a provision in SS/SCS/HB 1644 (2026), a provision in HB 931 (2021), the perfected SS/SB 666 (2018), and SCS/SB 201 (2017).
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Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1363
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHROER.
5374S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 285, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the employer -
employee relationship.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 285, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 285.075, to read as 2
follows:3
285.075. 1. Notwithstanding any voluntary agreement 1
entered into between the United States Department of Labor 2
and a franchisee or a franchisor, neither a franchisee nor a 3
franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of 4
the franchisor for any purpose, unless the franchisor 5
exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, 6
termination, discipline, and direction of the franchisee's 7
employees. 8
2. For purposes of this section, the terms 9
"franchisee" and "franchisor" shall have the same meaning as 10
in 16 CFR 436.1. 11
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