Creates new provisions relating to employee compensation

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 989
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MCCREERY .
5015S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 290.502, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof twenty-six new sections relating to
employee compensation, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 290.502, RSMo, is repealed and twenty-1
six new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2
sections 290.502, 290.601, 290.604, 290.605, 290.607, 290.609, 3
290.610, 290.612, 290.613, 290.615, 290.616, 290.619, 290.621, 4
290.622, 290.625, 290.627, 290.628, 290.630, 290.631, 290.633, 5
290.634, 290.636, 290.637, 290.639, 290.640, and 290.643, to 6
read as follows:7
290.502. 1. Except as may be otherwise provided 1
pursuant to sections 290.500 to 290.530, effective January 2
1, 2007, every employer shall pay to each employee wages at 3
the rate of $6.50 per hour, or wages at the same rate or 4
rates set under the provisions of federal law as the 5
prevailing federal minimum wage applicable to those covered 6
jobs in interstate commerce, whichever rate per hour is 7
higher. 8
2. The minimum wage shall be increased or decreased on 9
January 1, 2008, and on January 1 of successive years [but 10
ending December 31, 2024], by the increase or decrease in 11
the cost of living. On September 30, 2007, and on each 12
September 30 of each successive year [but ending December 13
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31, 2024], the director shall measure the increase or 14
decrease in the cost of living by the percentage increase or 15
decrease as of the preceding July over the level as of July 16
of the immediately preceding year of the Consumer Price 17
Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or 18
successor index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor 19
or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage 20
increase or decrease rounded to the nearest five cents. 21
3. Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to 22
sections 290.500 to 290.530, and notwithstanding subsection 23
1 of this section, effective January 1, 2025, every employer 24
shall pay to each employee wages at the rate of not less 25
than $13.75 per hour, or wages at the same rate or rates set 26
under the provisions of federal law as the prevailing 27
federal minimum wage applicable to those covered jobs in 28
interstate commerce, whichever rate per hour is higher. 29
Thereafter, the minimum wage established by this subsection 30
shall be increased by $1.25 per hour, to $15.00 per hour, 31
effective January 1, 2026. Thereafter, the minimum wage 32
established by this subsection shall be increased or 33
decreased on January 1, 2027, and on January first of 34
successive years, per the method set forth in subsection 2 35
of this section. If at any time the federal minimum wage 36
rate is above or is thereafter increased above the minimum 37
wage then in effect under this subsection, the minimum wage 38
required by this subsection shall continue to be increased 39
pursuant to this subsection, but the higher federal rate 40
shall immediately become the minimum wage required by this 41
subsection and shall be increased or decreased per the 42
method set forth in subsection 2 for so long as it remains 43
higher than the state minimum wage required and increased 44
pursuant to this subsection. 45
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4. For purposes of this section, the term "public 46
employer" means an employer that is the state or a political 47
subdivision of the state, including a department, agency, 48
officer, bureau, division, board, commission, or 49
instrumentality of the state, or a city, county, town, 50
village, school district, or other political subdivision of 51
the state. [Beginning on August 28, 2025, the provisions] 52
Subsection 3 of this section shall not apply to a public 53
employer with respect to its employees. Any public employer 54
that is subject to subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall 55
continue to be subject to those subsections. 56
290.601. As used in sections 290.601 to 290.643: 1
(1) "Department", department of labor and industrial 2
relations; 3
(2) "Director", director of the department of labor 4
and industrial relations; 5
(3) "Domestic violence", as such term is defined in 6
section 455.010; 7
(4) "Earned paid sick time", time that is compensated 8
at the same hourly rate and with the same benefits, 9
including health care benefits, as the employee normally 10
earns during hours worked and is provided by an employer to 11
an employee for the purposes described in section 290.607, 12
but in no case shall this hourly amount be less than that 13
provided under section 290.502; 14
(5) "Employee", any individual employed in this state 15
by an employer, but does not include: 16
(a) Any individual engaged in the activities of an 17
educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit 18
organization where the employer-employee relationship does 19
not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to the 20
organization are on a voluntary basis; 21
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(b) Any individual standing in loco parentis to foster 22
children in their care; 23
(c) Any individual employed for less than four months 24
in any year in a resident or day camp for children or youth, 25
or any individual employed by an educational conference 26
center operated by an educational, charitable or not-for- 27
profit organization; 28
(d) Any individual engaged in the activities of an 29
educational organization where employment by the 30
organization is in lieu of the requirement that the 31
individual pay the cost of tuition, housing or other 32
educational fees of the organization or where earnings of 33
the individual employed by the organization are credited 34
toward the payment of the cost of tuition, housing or other 35
educational fees of the organization; 36
(e) Any individual employed on or about a private 37
residence on an occasional basis for six hours or less on 38
each occasion; 39
(f) Any individual employed on a casual basis to 40
provide baby-sitting services; 41
(g) Any individual employed by an employer subject to 42
the provisions of Part A of Subtitle IV of Title 49, United 43
States Code, 49 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.; 44
(h) Any individual employed on a casual or 45
intermittent basis as a golf caddy, newsboy, or in a similar 46
occupation; 47
(i) Any individual who is employed in any government 48
position defined in 29 U.S.C. Section 203(e)(2)(C)(i)-(ii); 49
(j) Any individual employed by a retail or service 50
business whose annual gross volume sales made or business 51
done is less than five hundred thousand dollars; 52
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(k) Any individual who is an offender, as defined in 53
section 217.010, who is incarcerated in any correctional 54
facility operated by the department of corrections, 55
including offenders who provide labor or services on the 56
grounds of such correctional facility pursuant to section 57
217.550; or, 58
(l) Any individual described by the provisions of 59
section 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(8); 60
(6) "Employer", any person acting directly or 61
indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an 62
employee; provided, however, that for the purposes of 63
sections 290.601 to 290.643 "employer" does not include the 64
United States government, the state, or a political 65
subdivision of the state, including a department, agency, 66
officer, bureau, division, board, commission, or 67
instrumentality of the state, or a city, county, town, 68
village, school district, public higher education 69
institution, or other political subdivision of the state; 70
(7) "Family member", any of the following individuals: 71
(a) Regardless of age, a biological, adopted or foster 72
child, stepchild or legal ward, a child of a domestic 73
partner, a child to whom the employee stands in loco 74
parentis, or an individual to whom the employee stood in 75
loco parentis when the individual was a minor; 76
(b) A biological, foster, stepparent or adoptive 77
parent or legal guardian of an employee or an employee's 78
spouse or domestic partner or an individual who stood in 79
loco parentis when the employee or employee's spouse or 80
domestic partner was a minor child; 81
(c) An individual to whom the employee is legally 82
married under the laws of any state, or a domestic partner 83
who is registered as such under the laws of any state or 84
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political subdivision, or an individual with whom the 85
employee is in a continuing social relationship of a 86
romantic or intimate nature; 87
(d) A grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (whether of 88
a biological, foster, adoptive or step relationship) of the 89
employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner; or 90
(e) A person for whom the employee is responsible for 91
providing or arranging health or safety-related care, 92
including, but not limited to, helping that individual 93
obtain diagnostic, preventative, routine, or therapeutic 94
health treatment or ensuring the person is safe following 95
domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 96
(8) "Health care professional", any individual 97
licensed under federal or any state law to provide medical 98
or emergency services, including, but not limited to, 99
doctors, nurses, certified nurse midwives, mental health 100
professionals, and emergency room personnel; 101
(9) "Person", any individual, partnership, 102
association, corporation, business, business trust, legal 103
representative, or any organized group of persons; 104
(10) "Retaliatory personnel action", denial of any 105
right guaranteed under sections 290.601 to 290.643, or any 106
threat, discharge, suspension, demotion, reduction of hours, 107
or any other adverse action against an employee for the 108
exercise of any right guaranteed herein. "Retaliatory 109
personnel action" shall also include interference with or 110
punishment for, in any manner, participating in or assisting 111
an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under sections 112
290.601 to 290.643; 113
(11) "Same hourly rate", means the following: 114
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(a) For employees paid on the basis of a single hourly 115
rate, the same hourly rate shall be the employee's regular 116
hourly rate; 117
(b) For employees who are paid multiple hourly rates 118
of pay from the same employer, the same hourly rate shall be 119
either: 120
a. The wages the employee would have been paid for the 121
hours absent during use of earned paid sick time if the 122
employee had worked; or 123
b. The weighted average of all hourly rates of pay 124
during the previous pay period. 125
Whatever method the employer uses, the employer must use a 126
consistent method for each employee throughout a year; 127
(c) For employees who are paid a salary, the same 128
hourly rate shall be determined by dividing the wages the 129
employee earns in the previous pay period by the total 130
number of hours worked during the previous pay period. For 131
determining total number of hours worked during the previous 132
pay period, employees who are exempt from overtime 133
requirements under 29 U.S.C. Section 213(a)(1), the Fair 134
Labor Standards Act, shall be assumed to work forty hours in 135
each work week unless their normal work week is less than 136
forty hours, in which case earned paid sick time shall 137
accrue and the same hourly rate shall be calculated based on 138
the employee's normal work week. Regardless of the basis 139
used, the same hourly rate shall not be less than the 140
effective minimum wage specified in section 290.502; 141
(d) For employees paid on a piece rate or a fee-for- 142
service basis, the same hourly rate shall be a reasonable 143
calculation of the wages or fees the employee would have 144
received for the piece work, service, or part thereof, if 145
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the employee had worked. Regardless of the basis used, the 146
same hourly rate shall not be less than the effective 147
minimum wage specified in section 290.502; 148
(e) For employees who are paid on a commission basis 149
(whether base wage plus commission or commission only), the 150
same hourly rate shall be the greater of the base wage or 151
the effective minimum wage specified in section 290.502; 152
(f) For employees who receive and retain compensation 153
in the form of gratuities in addition to wages, the same 154
hourly rate shall be the greater of the employee's regular 155
hourly rate or one hundred percent of the effective minimum 156
wage specified in section 290.502 without deduction of any 157
tips as a credit; 158
(12) "Sexual assault", as such term is defined in 159
section 455.010; 160
(13) "Stalking", as such term is defined in section 161
455.010; 162
(14) "Year", a regular and consecutive twelve-month 163
period as determined by the employer; except that for the 164
purposes of section 290.616 and section 290.628, "year" 165
shall mean a calendar year. 166
290.604. 1. Employees of an employer with fifteen or 1
more employees shall accrue a minimum of one hour of earned 2
paid sick time for every thirty hours worked, but such 3
employees shall not be entitled to use more than fifty-six 4
hours of earned paid sick time per year, unless the employer 5
selects a higher limit. 6
2. Employees of an employer with fewer than fifteen 7
employees shall accrue a minimum of one hour of earned paid 8
sick time for every thirty hours worked, but such employees 9
shall not be entitled to use more than forty hours of earned 10
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paid sick time per year, unless the employer selects a 11
higher limit. 12
3. In determining the number of employees of an 13
employer, all employees performing work in the state for an 14
employer for compensation on a full-time, part-time, or 15
temporary basis shall be counted. In situations in which 16
the number of employees performing work in the state for an 17
employer for compensation per week fluctuates above and 18
below fifteen employees per week over the course of a year, 19
an employer is required to provide earned paid sick time 20
pursuant to subsection 1 of this section if it maintained 21
fifteen or more employees in the state on the payroll for 22
some portion of a working day in each of twenty or more 23
different calendar weeks, including any periods of leave, 24
and whether or not the weeks were consecutive, in either the 25
current or the preceding year (irrespective of whether the 26
same individuals were in employment in each working day). 27
4. All employees shall accrue earned paid sick time as 28
follows: 29
(1) Earned paid sick time as provided in this section 30
shall begin to accrue at the commencement of employment or 31
January 1, 2027, whichever is later. An employee shall be 32
entitled to use earned paid sick time as it is accrued. An 33
employer may provide all earned paid sick time that an 34
employee is expected to accrue in a year at the beginning of 35
the year; 36
(2) Employees who are exempt from overtime 37
requirements under 29 U.S.C. Section 213(a)(1) of the 38
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act will be assumed to work 39
forty hours in each work week for purposes of earned paid 40
sick time accrual unless their normal work week is less than 41
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forty hours, in which case earned paid sick time accrues 42
based upon that normal work week; 43
(3) Up to eighty hours of earned paid sick time shall 44
be carried over to the following year if the employee has 45
any unused accrued earned paid sick time at the end of the 46
year, but this law does not require an employer to permit an 47
employee to use more than the applicable number of hours of 48
earned paid sick time per year as set forth in subsections 1 49
and 2 of this section. Alternatively, in lieu of carryover 50
of unused earned paid sick time from one year to the next, 51
an employer may pay an employee for unused earned paid sick 52
time at the end of a year which could be carried over and 53
provide the employee with an amount of paid sick time that 54
meets or exceeds the requirements of sections 290.601 to 55
290.643 that is available for the employee's immediate use 56
at the beginning of the subsequent year; 57
(4) If an employee is transferred to a separate 58
division, entity, or location, but remains employed by the 59
same employer, the employee is entitled to all earned paid 60
sick time accrued at the prior division, entity, or location 61
and is entitled to use all earned paid sick time as provided 62
in this section. When there is a separation from employment 63
and the employee is rehired within nine months of separation 64
by the same employer, previously accrued earned paid sick 65
time that had not been used shall be reinstated. Further, 66
the employee shall be entitled to use accrued earned paid 67
sick time and accrue additional earned paid sick time at the 68
recommencement of employment; 69
(5) When a different employer succeeds or takes the 70
place of an existing employer, all employees of the original 71
employer who remain employed by the successor employer are 72
entitled to all earned paid sick time they accrued when 73
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employed by the original employer, and are entitled to use 74
earned paid sick time previously accrued; 75
(6) At its discretion, an employer may loan earned 76
paid sick time to an employee in advance of accrual by such 77
employee. 78
5. Any employer with a paid leave policy, such as a 79
paid time off policy, who makes available an amount of paid 80
leave sufficient to meet the accrual requirements of this 81
section that may be used for the same purposes and under the 82
same conditions as earned paid sick time under sections 83
290.601 to 290.643 is not required to provide additional 84
paid sick time under this section. 85
6. Except as specifically provided in this section, 86
nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring 87
financial or other reimbursement to an employee from an 88
employer upon the employee's termination, resignation, 89
retirement, or other separation from employment for accrued 90
earned paid sick time that has not been used. 91
7. Employees shall not accrue earned paid sick time 92
before January 1, 2027. Employees who are employed or who 93
commence employment on or after January 1, 2027, shall 94
accrue earned paid sick time and be entitled to use earned 95
paid sick time as it is accrued in accordance with sections 96
290.601 to 290.643. The department may develop model 97
posters and notices, engage in rulemaking, initiate outreach 98
programs, and engage in other activities for implementation 99
of the provisions of sections 290.601 to 290.643 as 100
authorized by those sections before January 1, 2027. 101
290.605. 1. For purposes of this section, the term 1
"earned paid bereavement time" means time that is 2
compensated at the same hourly rate and with the same 3
benefits, including health care benefits, as the employee 4
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normally earns during hours worked and is provided by an 5
employer to an employee for the purposes described in 6
section 290.607, but in no case shall this hourly amount be 7
less than that provided under section 290.502, that is taken 8
in connection with the death of a family member or for the 9
grieving of a reproductive loss. "Reproductive loss" 10
includes a miscarriage, an unsuccessful round of 11
intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive 12
technology procedure, a failed adoption match or an adoption 13
that is not finalized because it is contested by another 14
party, a failed surrogacy agreement, a diagnosis that 15
negatively impacts pregnancy or fertility, or a stillbirth. 16
2. Employees of an employer with fifteen or more 17
employees shall accrue a minimum of one hour of earned paid 18
bereavement time for every thirty hours worked, but such 19
employees shall not be entitled to use more than fifty-six 20
hours of earned paid bereavement time per year, unless the 21
employer selects a higher limit. 22
3. Employees of an employer with fewer than fifteen 23
employees shall accrue a minimum of one hour of earned paid 24
bereavement time for every thirty hours worked, but such 25
employees shall not be entitled to use more than forty hours 26
of earned paid bereavement time per year, unless the 27
employer selects a higher limit. 28
4. In determining the number of employees of an 29
employer, all employees performing work in the state for an 30
employer for compensation on a full-time, part-time, or 31
temporary basis shall be counted. In situations in which 32
the number of employees performing work in the state for an 33
employer for compensation per week fluctuates above and 34
below fifteen employees per week over the course of a year, 35
an employer is required to provide earned paid bereavement 36
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time pursuant to subsection 2 of this section if it 37
maintained fifteen or more employees in the state on the 38
payroll for some portion of a working day in each of twenty 39
or more different calendar weeks, including any periods of 40
leave, and whether or not the weeks were consecutive, in 41
either the current or the preceding year, irrespective of 42
whether the same individuals were in employment in each 43
working day. 44
5. All employees shall accrue earned paid bereavement 45
time as follows: 46
(1) Earned paid bereavement time as provided in this 47
section shall begin to accrue at the commencement of 48
employment or January 1, 2027, whichever is later. An 49
employee shall be entitled to use earned paid bereavement 50
time as it is accrued. An employer may provide all earned 51
paid bereavement time that an employee is expected to accrue 52
in a year at the beginning of the year; 53
(2) Employees who are exempt from overtime 54
requirements under 29 U.S.C. Section 213(a)(1) of the 55
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act will be assumed to work 56
forty hours in each work week for purposes of earned paid 57
bereavement time accrual unless their normal work week is 58
less than forty hours, in which case earned paid bereavement 59
time accrues based upon that normal work week; 60
(3) Up to eighty hours of earned paid bereavement time 61
shall be carried over to the following year if the employee 62
has any unused accrued earned paid bereavement time at the 63
end of the year, but this section does not require an 64
employer to permit an employee to use more than the 65
applicable number of hours of earned paid bereavement time 66
per year as set forth in subsections 2 and 3 of this 67
section. Alternatively, in lieu of carryover of unused 68
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earned paid bereavement time from one year to the next, an 69
employer may pay an employee for unused earned paid 70
bereavement time at the end of a year which could be carried 71
over and provide the employee with an amount of paid 72
bereavement time that meets or exceeds the requirements of 73
sections 290.601 to 290.643 that is available for the 74
employee's immediate use at the beginning of the subsequent 75
year; 76
(4) If an employee is transferred to a separate 77
division, entity, or location, but remains employed by the 78
same employer, the employee is entitled to all earned paid 79
bereavement time accrued at the prior division, entity, or 80
location and is entitled to use all earned paid bereavement 81
time as provided in this section. When there is a 82
separation from employment and the employee is rehired 83
within nine months of separation by the same employer, 84
previously accrued earned paid bereavement time that had not 85
been used shall be reinstated. Further, the employee shall 86
be entitled to use accrued earned paid bereavement time and 87
accrue additional earned paid bereavement time at the 88
recommencement of employment; 89
(5) When a different employer succeeds or takes the 90
place of an existing employer, all employees of the original 91
employer who remain employed by the successor employer are 92
entitled to all earned paid bereavement time they accrued 93
when employed by the original employer, and are entitled to 94
use earned paid bereavement time previously accrued; 95
(6) At its discretion, an employer may loan earned 96
paid bereavement time to an employee in advance of accrual 97
by such employee; 98
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(7) Earned paid bereavement leave shall be taken 99
within ninety calendar days of the family member's death or 100
of the event resulting in reproductive loss. 101
6. Any employer with a bereavement policy who makes 102
available an amount of paid bereavement leave sufficient to 103
meet the accrual requirements of this section that may be 104
used for the same purposes and under the same conditions as 105
under this section is not required to provide additional 106
paid bereavement time under this section. 107
7. Except as specifically provided in this section, 108
nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring 109
financial or other reimbursement to an employee from an 110
employer upon the employee's termination, resignation, 111
retirement, or other separation from employment for accrued 112
earned bereavement paid sick time that has not been used. 113
8. Employees shall not accrue earned bereavement paid 114
sick time before January 1, 2027. Employees who are 115
employed or who commence employment on or after January 1, 116
2027, shall accrue earned bereavement paid sick time and be 117
entitled to use earned bereavement paid sick time as it is 118
accrued in accordance with sections 290.601 to 290.643. 119
290.607. 1. Earned paid sick time shall be provided 1
to an employee by an employer for: 2
(1) An employee's mental or physical illness, injury, 3
or health condition; an employee's need for medical 4
diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical 5
illness, injury, or health condition; an employee's need for 6
preventative medical care; 7
(2) Care of a family member with a mental or physical 8
illness, injury, or health condition; care of a family 9
member who needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a 10
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mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; 11
care of a family member who needs preventative medical care; 12
(3) Closure of the employee's place of business by 13
order of a public official due to a public health emergency, 14
or an employee's need to care for a child whose school or 15
place of care has been closed by order of a public official 16
due to a public health emergency, or care for oneself or a 17
family member when it has been determined by the health 18
authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider 19
that the employee's or family member's presence in the 20
community may jeopardize the health of others because of his 21
or her exposure to a communicable disease, whether or not 22
the employee or family member has actually contracted the 23
communicable disease; or 24
(4) Absence necessary due to domestic violence, sexual 25
assault, or stalking, provided the leave is to allow the 26
employee to obtain for the employee or the employee's family 27
member: 28
(a) Medical attention needed to recover from physical 29
or psychological injury or disability caused by domestic 30
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 31
(b) Services from a victim services organization; 32
(c) Psychological or other counseling; 33
(d) Relocation or taking steps to secure an existing 34
home due to the domestic violence, sexual assault, or 35
stalking; or 36
(e) Legal services, including preparing for or 37
participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding 38
related to or resulting from the domestic violence, sexual 39
assault, or stalking. 40
2. Earned paid sick time shall be provided upon the 41
request of an employee. Such request may be made orally, in 42
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writing, by electronic means, or by any other means 43
acceptable to the employer. When possible, the request 44
shall include the expected duration of the absence. 45
3. When the use of earned paid sick time is 46
foreseeable, the employee shall make a good faith effort to 47
provide notice of the need for such time to the employer in 48
advance of the use of the earned paid sick time and shall 49
make a reasonable effort to schedule the use of earned paid 50
sick time in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the 51
operations of the employer. Where such need is not 52
foreseeable, an employer may require an employee to provide 53
notice of the need for the use of earned paid sick time as 54
soon as practicable. 55
4. An employer that requires notice of the need to use 56
earned paid sick time where the need is not foreseeable 57
shall provide a written policy that contains procedures for 58
the employee to provide notice. An employer that has not 59
provided to the employee a copy of its written policy for 60
providing such notice shall not deny earned paid sick time 61
to the employee based on noncompliance with such a policy. 62
5. An employer may not require, as a condition of an 63
employee's taking earned paid sick time, that the employee 64
search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours 65
during which the employee is using earned paid sick time. 66
6. Earned paid sick time may be used in the smaller of 67
hourly increments or the smallest increment that the 68
employer's payroll system uses to account for absences or 69
use of other time. 70
7. For earned paid sick time of three or more 71
consecutive work days, an employer may require reasonable 72
documentation that the earned paid sick time has been used 73
for a purpose covered by subsection 1 of this section. 74
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(1) Documentation signed by a heath care professional 75
indicating that earned paid sick time is necessary shall be 76
considered reasonable documentation for purposes of this 77
section. 78
(2) In cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, or 79
stalking, if the employer requests, one of the following 80
types of documentation selected by the employee shall be 81
considered reasonable documentation: 82
(a) A police report indicating that the employee or 83
the employee's family member was a victim of domestic 84
violence, sexual assault, or stalking; 85
(b) A written statement from an employee or agent of a 86
victim service provider affirming that the employee or 87
employee's family member is or was receiving services from a 88
victim service provider; 89
(c) Documentation signed by a health care professional 90
from whom the employee or employee's family member sought 91
assistance relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, or 92
stalking or the effects thereof; 93
(d) A court document indicating that an employee or 94
employee's family member is or was involved in a legal 95
action related to domestic violence, sexual assault, or 96
stalking; or 97
(e) A written statement from the employee affirming 98
that the employee or employee's family member is taking or 99
took earned paid sick time for a qualifying purpose of 100
subsection 1 of this section. 101
(3) An employer may not require that the documentation 102
explain the nature of the illness, details of the underlying 103
health needs, or the details of the domestic violence, 104
sexual assault, or stalking, unless otherwise required by 105
law. 106
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290.609. 1. It shall be unlawful for an employer or 1
any other person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the 2
exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected 3
under sections 290.601 to 290.643. 4
2. An employer shall not take retaliatory personnel 5
action or discriminate against an employee or former 6
employee because the individual has exercised rights 7
protected under sections 290.601 to 290.643. Such rights 8
include, but are not limited to, the right to request or use 9
earned paid sick time or earned bereavement time pursuant to 10
sections 290.601 to 290.643; the right to file a complaint 11
or inform any person about any employer's alleged violation 12
of sections 290.601 to 290.643; the right to participate in 13
any investigation, hearing, or proceeding or cooperate with 14
or assist the department in any investigations of alleged 15
violations of sections 290.601 to 290.643; and the right to 16
inform any person of his or her potential rights under 17
sections 290.601 to 290.643. 18
3. It shall be unlawful for an employer's absence 19
control policy to count earned paid sick time or earned 20
bereavement time taken under sections 290.601 to 290.643 as 21
an absence that may lead to or result in discipline, 22
discharge, demotion, suspension, or any other adverse action. 23
4. Protections of this section shall apply to any 24
individual who mistakenly but in good faith alleges 25
violations of sections 290.601 to 290.643. 26
290.610. 1. It shall be unlawful for an employer or 1
any other person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the 2
exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected 3
under sections 290.601 to 290.643. 4
2. An employer shall not take retaliatory personnel 5
action or discriminate against an employee or former 6
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employee because the individual has exercised rights 7
protected under sections 290.601 to 290.643. Such rights 8
include, but are not limited to, the right to request or use 9
earned paid sick time pursuant to sections 290.601 to 10
290.643; the right to file a complaint or inform any person 11
about any employer's alleged violation of sections 290.601 12
to 290.643; the right to participate in any investigation, 13
hearing, or proceeding or cooperate with or assist the 14
department in any investigations of alleged violations of 15
sections 290.601 to 290.643; and the right to inform any 16
person of his or her potential rights under sections 290.601 17
to 290.643. 18
3. It shall be unlawful for an employer's absence 19
control policy to count earned paid sick time taken under 20
sections 290.601 to 290.643 as an absence that may lead to 21
or result in discipline, discharge, demotion, suspension, or 22
any other adverse action. 23
4. Protections of this section shall apply to any 24
individual who mistakenly but in good faith alleges 25
violations of sections 290.601 to 290.643. 26
290.612. 1. Employers shall give employees a written 1
notice about earned paid sick time and earned paid 2
bereavement time within fourteen calendar days of the 3
commencement of employment or on April 15, 2027, whichever 4
is later, which must include the following information: 5
(1) Beginning May 1, 2027, employees accrue and are 6
entitled to earned paid sick time at the rate one hour of 7
earned paid sick time for every thirty hours of work, and 8
may use earned paid sick time, subject to the limits and 9
terms under sections 290.601 to 290.643 of Missouri law; 10
(2) It is prohibited for an employer to take 11
retaliatory personnel action against employees who request 12
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or use earned paid sick time or earned paid bereavement time 13
as allowed by law; 14
(3) Each employee has the right to bring a civil 15
action if earned paid sick time or earned paid bereavement 16
time as required by sections 290.601 to 290.643 is denied by 17
the employer or the employee is subjected to retaliatory 18
personnel action by the employer for exercising the 19
employee's rights under sections 290.601 to 290.643; and 20
(4) The contact information for the department. 21
Notice shall be provided by the employer to the employee on 22
a single piece of paper, at least 8.5 x 11, in no less than 23
14-point font. 24
2. Beginning April 15, 2027, employers shall display a 25
poster that contains the information required in subsection 26
1 of this section in a conspicuous and accessible place in 27
each establishment where such employees are employed, 28
provided that such poster has been made available by the 29
department. 30
3. The department may create and make available to 31
employers, model notices and posters that contain the 32
information required under subsection 1 of this section for 33
employers' use in complying with subsections 1 and 2 of this 34
section. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted or 35
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 36
require the department to create or make available notices 37
or posters if it requires the appropriation of funds to 38
cover the costs of such acts. 39
290.613. 1. Employers shall give employees a written 1
notice about earned paid sick time within fourteen calendar 2
days of the commencement of employment or on December 15, 3
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2026, whichever is later, which must include the following 4
information: 5
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, employees accrue and 6
are entitled to earned paid sick time at the rate one hour 7
of earned paid sick time for every thirty hours of work, and 8
may use earned paid sick time, subject to the limits and 9
terms under sections 290.601 to 290.643 of Missouri law; 10
(2) It is prohibited for an employer to take 11
retaliatory personnel action against employees who request 12
or use earned paid sick time as allowed by law; 13
(3) Each employee has the right to bring a civil 14
action if earned paid sick time as required by sections 15
290.601 to 290.643 is denied by the employer or the employee 16
is subjected to retaliatory personnel action by the employer 17
for exercising the employee's rights under sections 290.601 18
to 290.643; and 19
(4) The contact information for the department. 20
Notice shall be provided by the employer to the employee on 21
a single piece of paper, at least 8.5 x 11, in no less than 22
14-point font. 23
2. Beginning December 15, 2026, employers shall 24
display a poster that contains the information required in 25
subsection 1 of this section in a conspicuous and accessible 26
place in each establishment where such employees are 27
employed, provided that such poster has been made available 28
by the department. 29
3. The department may create and make available to 30
employers, model notices and posters that contain the 31
information required under subsection 1 of this section for 32
employers' use in complying with subsections 1 and 2 of this 33
section. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted or 34
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applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 35
require the department to create or make available notices 36
or posters if it requires the appropriation of funds to 37
cover the costs of such acts. 38
290.615. 1. Employers shall retain records 1
documenting hours worked by employees and earned paid sick 2
time and earned paid bereavement time taken by employees, 3
for a period of not less than three years, and shall allow 4
the department access to such records, with appropriate 5
notice and at a mutually agreeable time, to monitor 6
compliance with the requirements of sections 290.601 to 7
290.643. 8
2. To the extent permitted by law, the director may 9
inspect such records, and the records shall be open for 10
inspection by the director by appointment. Where the 11
records required under this section are kept outside the 12
state, the records shall be made available to the director 13
upon demand. Every such employer shall furnish to the 14
director on demand a sworn statement of time records and 15
information upon forms prescribed or approved by the 16
director. All the records and information obtained by the 17
department are confidential and shall be disclosed only on 18
order of a court of competent jurisdiction. 19
3. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or 20
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 21
require the department or director to access or inspect 22
records or to create forms relating to the inspection of 23
records if it requires the appropriation of funds to cover 24
the costs of such acts. 25
290.616. 1. Employers shall retain records 1
documenting hours worked by employees and earned paid sick 2
time taken by employees, for a period of not less than three 3
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years, and shall allow the department access to such 4
records, with appropriate notice and at a mutually agreeable 5
time, to monitor compliance with the requirements of 6
sections 290.601 to 290.643. 7
2. To the extent permitted by law, the director may 8
inspect such records, and the records shall be open for 9
inspection by the director by appointment. Where the 10
records required under this section are kept outside the 11
state, the records shall be made available to the director 12
upon demand. Every such employer shall furnish to the 13
director on demand a sworn statement of time records and 14
information upon forms prescribed or approved by the 15
director. All the records and information obtained by the 16
department are confidential and shall be disclosed only on 17
order of a court of competent jurisdiction. 18
3. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or 19
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 20
require the department or director to access or inspect 21
records or to create forms relating to the inspection of 22
records if it requires the appropriation of funds to cover 23
the costs of such acts. 24
290.619. 1. The department may, in accordance with 1
chapter 536, promulgate rules for the implementation, 2
enforcement, and administration of sections 290.601 to 3
290.643. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 4
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 5
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 6
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 7
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 8
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 9
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 10
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 11
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date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 12
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 13
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after the 14
effective date of this act, shall be invalid and void. 15
2. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or 16
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 17
require the promulgation or adoption of rules if it requires 18
the appropriation of funds to cover the costs of such acts. 19
290.621. 1. The department may investigate and 1
ascertain compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, 2
establish and implement a system to receive complaints 3
regarding noncompliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643 and 4
to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints between the 5
complainant and the subject of the complaint, and establish 6
additional means of enforcement, including requiring by 7
subpoena the testimony of witnesses and production of books, 8
records, and other evidence relative to any matter under 9
investigation or hearing, issuing notices of violation, 10
holding hearings on notices of violation, making 11
determinations, recovering unpaid earned sick time, 12
recovering unpaid earned bereavement time, and imposing 13
fines for willful violations of up to five hundred dollars 14
per day of each day of a continuing violation. A final 15
decision of the department is subject to review in 16
accordance with the provisions of chapter 536. 17
2. The department may develop and implement an 18
outreach program to inform employees, parents, and persons 19
who are under the care of a health care provider about the 20
availability of earned paid sick time and earned paid 21
bereavement time under sections 290.601 to 290.643. This 22
program may include the distribution of notices and other 23
written materials to child care and elder care providers, 24
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domestic violence shelters, schools, hospitals, community 25
health centers, and other health care providers in Missouri. 26
3. A municipality, county, city, town, or village may 27
adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations to investigate and 28
ascertain compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, 29
establish and implement a system to receive complaints 30
regarding noncompliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643 and 31
to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints between the 32
complainant and the subject of the complaint, and establish 33
additional means of enforcement, with respect to employers 34
within, or employees performing work while physically 35
present in, the geographic boundaries of the municipality, 36
county, city, town, or village. Any such ordinance, rule, 37
or regulation shall be consistent with this law and any 38
department rules or regulations and system for compliance 39
and enforcement. The municipality, county, city, town, or 40
village may exercise such powers as allowed by any 41
applicable charter or ordinance, including requiring by 42
subpoena the testimony of witnesses and production of books, 43
records, and other evidence relative to any matter under 44
investigation or hearing, issuing notices of violation, 45
holding hearings on notices of violation, making 46
determinations, recovering unpaid earned sick time, 47
recovering unpaid earned bereavement time, and imposing 48
fines for willful violations of up to the maximum allowed 49
for an ordinance violation. Before investigating or seeking 50
to resolve any complaint between the complainant and the 51
subject of the complaint, the municipality, county, city, 52
town, or village shall give notice to the department with a 53
copy of the complaint and, within fourteen days of such 54
notice, the department may intervene as of right and 55
participate in the matter to ensure that the complaint is 56
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being investigated and resolved in the interest of effective 57
enforcement of sections 290.601 to 290.643 or, 58
alternatively, the department may institute its own 59
proceedings in which case the municipality, county, city, 60
town, or village shall refrain from acting on the matter so 61
long as the complaint is being investigated and resolved in 62
the interest of effective enforcement of sections 290.601 to 63
290.643. If the department does not, within fourteen days, 64
intervene or instigate its own proceedings, the 65
municipality, county, city, town, or village may, without 66
the department, investigate and attempt to resolve the 67
complaint and take other additional means within its power 68
to enforce sections 290.601 to 290.643 against the subject 69
of the complaint. In no event shall an employer be subject 70
to compliance proceedings arising out of a single set of 71
facts after having already been subjected to a final 72
compliance order by another governmental entity. 73
4. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or 74
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 75
require the department, a municipality, county, city, town, 76
or village to conduct investigations and ascertain 77
compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, to establish 78
and implement a system to receive or resolve complaints, to 79
establish additional means of enforcement, or to conduct 80
outreach and education, including the creation of notices 81
and other written materials, concerning sections 290.601 to 82
290.643, if it requires the appropriation of funds to cover 83
the costs of such acts. 84
290.622. 1. The department may investigate and 1
ascertain compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, 2
establish and implement a system to receive complaints 3
regarding noncompliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643 and 4
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to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints between the 5
complainant and the subject of the complaint, and establish 6
additional means of enforcement, including requiring by 7
subpoena the testimony of witnesses and production of books, 8
records, and other evidence relative to any matter under 9
investigation or hearing, issuing notices of violation, 10
holding hearings on notices of violation, making 11
determinations, recovering unpaid earned sick time, and 12
imposing fines for willful violations of up to five hundred 13
dollars per day of each day of a continuing violation. A 14
final decision of the department is subject to review in 15
accordance with the provisions of chapter 536. 16
2. The department may develop and implement an 17
outreach program to inform employees, parents, and persons 18
who are under the care of a health care provider about the 19
availability of earned paid sick time under sections 290.601 20
to 290.643. This program may include the distribution of 21
notices and other written materials to child care and elder 22
care providers, domestic violence shelters, schools, 23
hospitals, community health centers, and other health care 24
providers in Missouri. 25
3. A municipality, county, city, town, or village may 26
adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations to investigate and 27
ascertain compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, 28
establish and implement a system to receive complaints 29
regarding noncompliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643 and 30
to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints between the 31
complainant and the subject of the complaint, and establish 32
additional means of enforcement, with respect to employers 33
within, or employees performing work while physically 34
present in, the geographic boundaries of the municipality, 35
county, city, town, or village. Any such ordinance, rule, 36
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or regulation shall be consistent with this law and any 37
department rules or regulations and system for compliance 38
and enforcement. The municipality, county, city, town, or 39
village may exercise such powers as allowed by any 40
applicable charter or ordinance, including requiring by 41
subpoena the testimony of witnesses and production of books, 42
records, and other evidence relative to any matter under 43
investigation or hearing, issuing notices of violation, 44
holding hearings on notices of violation, making 45
determinations, recovering unpaid earned sick time, and 46
imposing fines for willful violations of up to the maximum 47
allowed for an ordinance violation. Before investigating or 48
seeking to resolve any complaint between the complainant and 49
the subject of the complaint, the municipality, county, 50
city, town, or village shall give notice to the department 51
with a copy of the complaint and, within fourteen days of 52
such notice, the department may intervene as of right and 53
participate in the matter to ensure that the complaint is 54
being investigated and resolved in the interest of effective 55
enforcement of sections 290.601 to 290.643 or, 56
alternatively, the department may institute its own 57
proceedings in which case the municipality, county, city, 58
town, or village shall refrain from acting on the matter so 59
long as the complaint is being investigated and resolved in 60
the interest of effective enforcement of sections 290.601 to 61
290.643. If the department does not, within fourteen days, 62
intervene or instigate its own proceedings, the 63
municipality, county, city, town, or village may, without 64
the department, investigate and attempt to resolve the 65
complaint and take other additional means within its power 66
to enforce sections 290.601 to 290.643 against the subject 67
of the complaint. In no event shall an employer be subject 68
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to compliance proceedings arising out of a single set of 69
facts after having already been subjected to a final 70
compliance order by another governmental entity. 71
4. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or 72
applied, either expressly or through practical necessity, to 73
require the department, a municipality, county, city, town, 74
or village to conduct investigations and ascertain 75
compliance with sections 290.601 to 290.643, to establish 76
and implement a system to receive or resolve complaints, to 77
establish additional means of enforcement, or to conduct 78
outreach and education, including the creation of notices 79
and other written materials, concerning sections 290.601 to 80
290.643, if it requires the appropriation of funds to cover 81
the costs of such acts. 82
290.625. 1. Any employer who willfully violates or 1
fails to comply with any of the provisions and requirements 2
of sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall be guilty of a class C 3
misdemeanor; provided, however, that an employer who 4
willfully violates the notice and posting requirements of 5
section 290.613 shall be guilty of an infraction. 6
2. For purposes of this section, each day of violation 7
or failure to comply and each employee affected shall 8
constitute a separate offense. 9
290.627. 1. Any individual who claims to have been 1
aggrieved by a failure of an employer to comply with any 2
portion of sections 290.601 to 290.643, including, but not 3
limited to, the failure to provide earned paid sick time or 4
earned paid bereavement time or to allow employees to use 5
such time consistent with sections 290.601 to 290.643, or 6
who claims to have suffered a retaliatory personnel action, 7
shall have a right of action and may commence a civil action 8
in the appropriate court of jurisdiction within three years 9
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of the accrual of the cause of action, to obtain appropriate 10
relief with respect to such unlawful violation. Such action 11
may be brought without first filing an administrative 12
complaint. 13
2. In a civil action under this section, if the court 14
finds a violation has occurred, the court may grant as 15
relief, as it deems appropriate and to the extent permitted 16
by law, any permanent or temporary injunction, the full 17
amount of any unpaid earned sick time or unpaid bereavement 18
time plus any actual damages suffered as the result of the 19
employer's violation of sections 290.601 to 290.643, an 20
additional amount equal to twice any unpaid earned sick time 21
as liquidated damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees 22
as may be allowed by the court, and other legal or equitable 23
relief as may be appropriate to remedy the violation, 24
including, without limitation, reinstatement to employment 25
and back pay. 26
290.628. 1. Any individual who claims to have been 1
aggrieved by a failure of an employer to comply with any 2
portion of sections 290.601 to 290.643, including, but not 3
limited to, the failure to provide earned paid sick time or 4
to allow employees to use such time consistent with sections 5
290.601 to 290.643, or who claims to have suffered a 6
retaliatory personnel action, shall have a right of action 7
and may commence a civil action in the appropriate court of 8
jurisdiction within three years of the accrual of the cause 9
of action, to obtain appropriate relief with respect to such 10
unlawful violation. Such action may be brought without 11
first filing an administrative complaint. 12
2. In a civil action under this section, if the court 13
finds a violation has occurred, the court may grant as 14
relief, as it deems appropriate and to the extent permitted 15
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by law, any permanent or temporary injunction, the full 16
amount of any unpaid earned sick time plus any actual 17
damages suffered as the result of the employer's violation 18
of sections 290.601 to 290.643, an additional amount equal 19
to twice any unpaid earned sick time as liquidated damages, 20
costs, and reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by 21
the court, and other legal or equitable relief as may be 22
appropriate to remedy the violation, including, without 23
limitation, reinstatement to employment and back pay. 24
290.630. 1. Except as otherwise required by law, an 1
employer may not require disclosure of details relating to 2
an employee's or an employee's family member's health 3
information, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 4
as a condition of providing earned paid sick time or earned 5
paid bereavement time under sections 290.601 to 290.643. 6
2. Unless as otherwise required by law, any health or 7
safety information possessed by an employer regarding an 8
employee or employee's family member must: 9
(1) Be maintained on a separate form and in a separate 10
file from other personnel information; 11
(2) Be treated as confidential medical records; and 12
(3) Not be disclosed except to the affected employee 13
or with the express written permission of the affected 14
employee. 15
290.631. 1. Except as otherwise required by law, an 1
employer may not require disclosure of details relating to 2
an employee's or an employee's family member's health 3
information, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 4
as a condition of providing earned paid sick time under 5
sections 290.601 to 290.643. 6
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2. Unless as otherwise required by law, any health or 7
safety information possessed by an employer regarding an 8
employee or employee's family member must: 9
(1) Be maintained on a separate form and in a separate 10
file from other personnel information; 11
(2) Be treated as confidential medical records; and 12
(3) Not be disclosed except to the affected employee 13
or with the express written permission of the affected 14
employee. 15
290.633. 1. With respect to employees covered by a 1
valid collective bargaining agreement in effect on November 2
5, 2024, no provisions of sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall 3
apply until the stated expiration date in the collective 4
bargaining agreement; however, further the provisions of 5
sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall apply upon any such 6
agreement's renewal, extension, amendment, or modification 7
in any respect after November 5, 2024. 8
2. Nothing in sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall be 9
deemed to interfere, impede, or otherwise diminish the right 10
of employees to bargain collectively through representatives 11
of their own choosing in order to establish earned paid sick 12
time, earned paid bereavement time, or other conditions of 13
work in excess of the applicable minimum standards under the 14
provisions of sections 290.601 to 290.643. 15
3. Any waiver by an employee of rights under sections 16
290.601 to 290.643 shall be deemed contrary to public policy 17
and shall be void. 18
290.634. 1. With respect to employees covered by a 1
valid collective bargaining agreement in effect on November 2
5, 2024, no provisions of sections 290.601 through 290.643 3
shall apply until the stated expiration date in the 4
collective bargaining agreement; however, further the 5
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provisions of sections 290.601 through 290.643 shall apply 6
upon any such agreement's renewal, extension, amendment, or 7
modification in any respect after November 5, 2024. 8
2. Nothing in sections 290.601 through 290.643 shall 9
be deemed to interfere, impede, or otherwise diminish the 10
right of employees to bargain collectively through 11
representatives of their own choosing in order to establish 12
earned paid sick time or other conditions of work in excess 13
of the applicable minimum standards under the provisions of 14
sections 290.601 through 290.643. 15
3. Any waiver by an employee of rights under sections 16
290.601 through 290.643 shall be deemed contrary to public 17
policy and shall be void. 18
290.636. 1. Nothing in sections 290.601 to 290.643 1
shall be construed to discourage or prohibit an employer 2
from the adoption or retention of an earned paid sick time 3
policy, or earned paid bereavement time policy, or both, 4
that is more generous than the one required herein. 5
2. Nothing in sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall be 6
construed as diminishing the obligation of an employer to 7
comply with any contract, collective bargaining agreement, 8
employment benefit plan, or other agreement providing more 9
generous paid sick time or earned paid bereavement time to 10
an employee than required herein. Nothing in sections 11
290.601 to 290.643 shall be construed as diminishing the 12
rights of public employees regarding paid sick time or 13
earned paid bereavement time or use of paid sick time or 14
earned paid bereavement time as provided in the laws of 15
Missouri and ordinances of political subdivisions pertaining 16
to public employees. 17
290.637. 1. Nothing in sections 290.601 through 1
290.643 shall be construed to discourage or prohibit an 2
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employer from the adoption or retention of an earned paid 3
sick time policy more generous than the one required herein. 4
2. Nothing in sections 290.601 through 290.643 shall 5
be construed as diminishing the obligation of an employer to 6
comply with any contract, collective bargaining agreement, 7
employment benefit plan, or other agreement providing more 8
generous paid sick time to an employee than required 9
herein. Nothing in sections 290.601 through 290.643 shall 10
be construed as diminishing the rights of public employees 11
regarding paid sick time or use of paid sick time as 12
provided in the laws of Missouri and ordinances of political 13
subdivisions pertaining to public employees. 14
290.639. 1. Sections 290.601 to 290.643 provide 1
minimum requirements pertaining to earned paid sick time and 2
earned paid bereavement time and shall not be construed to 3
preempt, limit, or otherwise affect the applicability of any 4
other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard that 5
provides for greater accrual or use by employees of earned 6
paid sick time and earned paid bereavement time or that 7
extends other protections to employees. 8
2. Nothing in sections 290.601 to 290.643 shall be 9
interpreted or applied to create a power or obligation 10
contrary to any federal law, rule, or regulation. 11
290.640. 1. Sections 290.601 through 290.643 provide 1
minimum requirements pertaining to earned paid sick time and 2
shall not be construed to preempt, limit, or otherwise 3
affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, 4
requirement, policy, or standard that provides for greater 5
accrual or use by employees of earned paid sick time or that 6
extends other protections to employees. 7
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2. Nothing in sections 290.601 through 290.643 shall 8
be interpreted or applied to create a power or obligation 9
contrary to any federal law, rule, or regulation. 10
290.643. Except as detailed in section 290.619, all of 1
the provisions of sections 290.601 through 290.643 are 2
severable, and if any provision, including any section, 3
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, or clause, or 4
the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is 5
found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 6
unconstitutional, or unconstitutionally enacted, such 7
decision shall not affect other provisions or applications 8
of sections 290.601 through 290.643 that can be given effect 9
without the invalid, unconstitutional, or unconstitutionally 10
enacted provision or application, and to this end the 11
provisions of sections 290.601 through 290.643 are declared 12
severable. 13
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