FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1550
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEWOODS.
3040H.02I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter285,RSMo,byaddingtheretosixnewsectionsrelatingtoemployment
practicesinvolvingwarehousedistributioncenters,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter285,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretosixnewsections,tobe
2knownassections285.2000,285.2003,285.2006,285.2009,285.2012,and285.2015,toread
3asfollows:
285.2000.Forthepurposesofsections285.2000to285.2015,thefollowingterms
2shallmean:
3 (1)"Affiliate",apersonthatdirectlyorindirectly,throughoneormore
4intermediaries,controls,iscontrolledby,orisundercommoncontrolwithanother
5person.Forthepurposesofthissubdivision,"control"meansthepossession,directlyor
6indirectly,ofmorethanfiftypercentofthepowertodirectorcausethedirectionofthe
7managementandpoliciesofaperson,whetherthroughtheownershipofvotingshares,
8bycontract,orotherwise;
9 (2)"Aggregateddata",informationthatanemployerhascombinedorcollected
10insummaryorotherformsuchthatthedatacannotbeidentifiedwithanyindividual;
11 (3)"Definedtimeperiod",anyunitoftimemeasurementlessthanorequalto
12thedurationofanemployee'sshift,andincludeshours,minutes,andsecondsandany
13fractionthereof;
14 (4)"Department",thedepartmentoflaborandindustrialrelations;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 15 (5)"Designatedemployeerepresentative",anyemployeerepresentative
16including,butnotlimitedto,anauthorizedemployeerepresentativethathasa
17collectivebargainingrelationshipwiththeemployer;
18 (6)"Director",thedirectorofthedepartmentoflaborandindustrialrelations
19orthedirector'sdesignee;
20 (7)"Employee",anemployeewhoisnotexemptundersubdivision(3)ofsection
21290.500andworksatawarehousedistributioncenter;
22 (8)"Employeework-speeddata",informationanemployercollects,stores,
23analyzes,orinterpretsrelatingtoanindividualemployee'sperformanceofaquota
24including,butnotlimitedto,quantitiesoftasksperformed,quantitiesofitemsor
25materialshandledorproduced,ratesorspeedsoftasksperformed,measurementsor
26metricsofemployeeperformanceinrelationtoaquota,andtimecategorizedas
27performingtasksornotperformingtasks.Employeework-speeddatadoesnotinclude
28qualitativeperformanceassessments,personnelrecords,oritemizedwagestatements
29pursuanttodepartmentrules,exceptforanycontentofthoserecordsthatincludes
30employeework-speeddataasdefinedinthissubdivision;
31 (9)"Employer",apersonwhodirectlyorindirectly,orthroughanagentorany
32otherperson,includingthroughtheservicesofathird-partyemployer,temporary
33services,orstaffingagency,independentcontractor,oranysimilarentity,atanytime,
34employsorexercisescontroloverthewages,hours,orworkingconditionsofone
35hundredormoreemployeesatasinglewarehousedistributioncenterinthestateorone
36thousandormorecumulativeemployeesatoneormorewarehousedistributioncenters
37inthestate.Forthepurposesofdeterminingthenumberofemployeesemployedata
38singlewarehousedistributioncenterorcumulativelyatoneormorewarehouse
39distributioncenters,allemployeesemployeddirectlyorindirectly,orthroughastaffing
40agencyoranyotherpersoninacontractualagreementwiththeemployer,andall
41employeesemployedbyanemployeranditsaffiliatesshallbecounted.Forthe
42purposesofdeterminingresponsibleemployers,allagentsorotherpersonsandaffiliates
43shallbedeemedemployersandarejointlyandseverallyresponsibleforcompliancewith
44sections285.2000to285.2015;
45 (10)"Person",anindividual,corporation,partnership,limitedpartnership,
46limitedliabilitypartnership,limitedliabilitycompany,businesstrust,estate,trust,
47association,jointventure,agency,instrumentality,oranyotherlegalorcommercial
48entity,whetherdomesticorforeign;
49 (11)"Quota",aworkperformancestandard,whetherrequiredor
50recommended,where:
HB1550 2 51 (a)Anemployeeisassignedorrequiredtoperformataspecifiedproductivity
52speed,orperformaquantifiednumberoftasks,ortohandleorproduceaquantified
53amountofmaterial,withinadefinedtimeperiodandunderwhichtheemployeemay
54sufferanadverseemploymentactioniftheyfailtocompletetheperformancestandard;
55or
56 (b)Anemployee'sactionsarecategorizedastimeperformingtasks,wherethe
57employeemaysufferanadverseemploymentactioniftheyfailtomeettheperformance
58standard;
59 (12)"Warehousedistributioncenter",anestablishmentengagedinactivitiesas
60definedbyanyofthefollowingNorthAmericanIndustryClassificationSystem
61(NAICS)codes,howeversuchestablishmentisdenominated:
62 (a)493forwarehousingandstorage,butdoesnotinclude493130forfarm
63productwarehousingandstorage;
64 (b)423formerchantwholesalers,durablegoods;
65 (c)424formerchantwholesalers,nondurablegoods;or
66 (d)454110forelectronicshoppingandmail-orderhouses.
285.2003.1.Anemployershallprovidetoeachemployee,uponhire,orwithin
2thirtydaysofAugust28,2025,awrittendescriptionof:
3 (1)Eachquotatowhichtheemployeeissubject,includingthequantified
4numberoftaskstobeperformedormaterialstobeproducedorhandledwithina
5definedtimeperiod;
6 (2)Anypotentialadverseemploymentactionthatcouldresultfromfailureto
7meeteachquota;and
8 (3)Anyincentivesorbonusprogramsassociatedwithmeetingorexceedingeach
9quota.
10 2.Wheneverthereisachangetoaquotathatresultsinadifferentquotathan
11themostrecentwrittendescriptionprovidedtotheemployee,theemployershall:
12 (1)Notifytheemployeeorallyorinwritingassoonaspossibleandbeforethe
13employeeissubjecttothenewquota;and
14 (2)Providetheemployeewithanupdatedwrittendescriptionofeachquotato
15whichtheemployeeissubjectwithintwobusinessdaysofthequotachange.
16 3.Wheneveranemployertakesanadverseactionagainstanemployeeinwhole
17orinpartforfailuretomeetaquota,theemployershallprovidethatemployeewiththe
18applicablequotafortheemployeeandthepersonalwork-speeddatafortheemployee
19thatwasthebasisfortheadverseaction.
HB1550 3 20 4.Thewrittendescriptionshallbeunderstandable,inplainlanguage,andinthe
21employee'spreferredlanguage.Thedepartmentmayadoptrulesregardingtheformat,
22plainlanguage,andlanguageaccessrequirementsforthewrittendescription.
23 5.(1)Thetimeperiodconsideredinaquota,includingtimedesignatedas
24productivetimeortimeontask,shallinclude:
25 (a)Timeforrestbreaksandreasonabletimetotraveltodesignatedlocationsfor
26restbreaks;
27 (b)Reasonabletraveltimetoon-sitedesignatedmealbreaklocations.Meal
28breaksarenotconsideredtimeontaskorproductivetimeunlesstheemployeeis
29requiredbytheemployertoremainondutyonthepremisesorataprescribedworksite
30intheinterestoftheemployer;
31 (c)Timetoperformanyactivityrequiredbytheemployerinordertodothe
32worksubjecttoanyquota;
33 (d)Timetousethebathroom,includingreasonabletraveltime;and
34 (e)Timetotakeanyactionsnecessaryfortheemployeetoexercisethe
35employee'srighttoasafeandhealthfulworkplaceincluding,butnotlimitedto,timeto
36accesstoolsorsafetyequipmentnecessarytoperformtheemployee'sduties.
37 (2)Reasonabletraveltimeshallincludeconsiderationofthearchitectureand
38geographyofthefacilityandthelocationwithinthefacilitythattheemployeeislocated
39atthetime.
40 6.(1)Aquotaviolatessections285.2000to285.2015ifthequota:
41 (a)Doesnotprovidesufficienttimeasrequiredundersubsection5ofthis
42section;
43 (b)Preventstheperformanceofanyactivityrequiredbytheemployerforthe
44employeetodotheworksubjecttoanyquota;
45 (c)Preventstheperformanceofanyactivityrelatedtooccupationalsafetyand
46healthrequiredbytheemployerfortheemployeetodotheworksubjecttoanyquota;
47or
48 (d)Exposesanemployeetooccupationalsafetyandhealthhazardsinviolation
49oftherequirementsofstateorfederallawandtheapplicablerulesorregulations.
50 (2)Anemployeeisnotrequiredtomeetaquotathatviolatestheprovisionsof
51sections285.2000to285.2015.
52 (3)Anemployershallnottakeadverseactionagainstanemployeeforfailingto
53meetaquotathatviolatessections285.2000to285.2015orthatwasnotdisclosedtothe
54employeeasrequiredundertheprovisionsofsections285.2000to285.2015.
HB1550 4 55 (4)Allprovisionsofsection285.2006applytoanypersonwhocomplainstothe
56employer,thedirector,oranylocal,state,orfederalgovernmentalagencyorofficial
57relatedtoaquotaalleginganyviolationsofsections285.2000to285.2015.
58 7.(1)Anemployershallestablish,maintain,andpreservecontemporaneous,
59true,andaccuraterecordsofthefollowing:
60 (a)Eachemployee'sownpersonalwork-speeddata;
61 (b)Theaggregatedwork-speeddataforsimilaremployeesatthesame
62warehousedistributioncenter;and
63 (c)Thewrittendescriptionsofeachquotatheemployeewasprovided,as
64requiredunderthissection.
65 (2)(a)Therequiredrecordsshallbemaintainedandpreservedthroughoutthe
66durationofeachemployee'speriodofemploymentandfortheperiodrequiredbythis
67subsection.
68 (b)Exceptasrequiredunderparagraph(c)ofthissubdivision,subsequenttoan
69employee'sseparationfromtheemployer,recordsrelatingtothesix-monthperiodprior
70tothedateoftheemployee'sseparationfromtheemployershallbepreservedforat
71leastoneyearfromthedateoftheemployee'sseparation.
72 (c)Whereanemployerhastakenadverseactionagainstanemployeeinwholeor
73inpartforfailuretomeetaquota,theemployershallpreservetherecordsrelatingto
74thebasisfortheadverseactionforatleastthreeyearsfromthedateoftheadverse
75action.
76 (d)Theemployershallmakerecordsavailabletothedirectoruponrequest.
77 (3)Nothinginthissubsectionrequiresanemployertocollectorkeepsuch
78recordsiftheemployerdoesnotusequotasormonitorwork-speeddata.
79 (4)Anemployerwhofailstoallowadequateinspectionofrecordsinan
80inspectionbythedepartmentwithinareasonabletimeperiodshallnotusesuchrecords
81inanyappealtochallengethecorrectnessofanycitationandnoticeissuedbythe
82department.
83 8.(1)Anemployeehastherighttorequest,atanytime,awrittendescriptionof
84eachquotatowhichtheemployeeissubject,acopyoftheemployee'sownpersonal
85work-speeddataforthepriorsixmonths,andaredactedcopyofthepriorsixmonthsof
86aggregatedwork-speeddataforsimilaremployeesatthesamewarehousedistribution
87center.
88 (2)Aformeremployeehastherighttorequest,withinoneyearsubsequentto
89thedateofhisorherseparationfromtheemployer,awrittendescriptionofthequotato
90whichtheemployeewassubjectasofthedateofhisorherseparation,acopyofthe
91employee'sownpersonalwork-speeddataforthesixmonthspriortohisorherdateof
HB1550 5 92separation,andaredactedcopyofaggregatedwork-speeddataforsimilaremployeesat
93thesamewarehousedistributioncenterforthesixmonthspriortotheirdateof
94separation.
95 (3)Anemployershallproviderecordsrequestedunderthissubsectionatnocost
96totheemployeeorformeremployee.
97 (4)Anemployershallproviderecordsrequestedunderthissubsectionassoonas
98practicableandsubjecttothefollowing:
99 (a)Requestedrecordsofwrittendescriptionsofaquotashallbeprovidedno
100laterthansevenbusinessdaysfollowingthedateofthereceiptoftherequest;and
101 (b)Requestedpersonalwork-speeddataandaggregatedwork-speeddatashall
102beprovidednolaterthansevenbusinessdaysfollowingthedateofthereceiptofthe
103request.
104 (5)Nothinginthissubsectionrequiresanemployertousequotasormonitor
105work-speeddata.Anemployerthatdoesnotusequotasormonitorwork-speeddata
106hasnoobligationtoproviderecordsunderthissection.
285.2006.1.(1)Apersonincluding,butnotlimitedto,anemployer,hisorher
2agent,orpersonactingasoronbehalfofahiringentity,ortheofficeroragentofany
3entity,business,corporation,partnership,orlimitedliabilitycompany,shallnot
4dischargeorinanywayretaliate,discriminate,ortakeadverseactionagainstan
5employeeorformeremployeeforexercisinganyrightsestablishedundersections
6285.2000to285.2015,orforbeingperceivedasexercisingrightsestablishedundersuch
7sectionsincluding,butnotlimitedto:
8 (a)Initiatingarequestforinformationaboutaquotaorpersonalwork-speed
9data;and
10 (b)Makingacomplainttotheemployer,thedirector,oranylocal,state,or
11federalgovernmentalagencyorofficial,relatedtoaquotathatisallegedlyinviolation
12ofsections285.2000to285.2015.
13 (2)Anemployeeorformeremployeeneednotexplicitlyrefertosections
14285.2000to285.2015ortherightsestablishedinthesesectionstobeprotectedfroman
15adverseaction.Theprotectionprovidedunderthissectionappliestoformeremployees
16andtoemployeeswhomistakenlybutingoodfaithallegeviolationsof285.2000to
17285.2015.
18 (3)(a)Ifapersontakesadverseactionagainstanemployeeorformeremployee
19withinninetydaysoftheemployeeengagingorattemptingtoengageinactivities
20protectedbysections285.2000to285.2015,thereisarebuttablepresumptionthatthe
21adverseactionisaretaliatoryactioninviolationofsections285.2000to285.2015.
22 (b)Thepresumptionmayberebuttedbyapreponderanceoftheevidencethat:
HB1550 6 23 a.Theactionwastakenforotherpermissiblereasons;and
24 b.Theengagingorattemptingtoengageinactivitiesprotectedbysections
25285.2000to285.2015wasnotamotivatingfactorintheadverseaction.
26 (4)Thedepartmentshallcarryoutandenforcetheprovisionsofsections
27285.2000to285.2015undertheproceduresestablishedandanyapplicablerules.
285.2009.1.(1)Anemployeemayfileacomplaintwiththedepartmentalleging
2aviolationofsections285.2000to285.2015ortheapplicablerules.Thedepartment
3shallinvestigatethecomplaintoritmaydesignatetheattorneygeneralasitsagentto
4investigatethecomplaint.Thedepartmentshallnotinvestigateanysuchalleged
5violationofrightsthatoccurredmorethanthreeyearsbeforethedatethattheemployee
6filedthecomplaint.
7 (2)Ifanemployeefilesatimelycomplaintwiththedepartment,thedepartment
8shallinvestigatethecomplaintandissueeitheracitationandnoticeofassessmentora
9determinationofcompliancewithinninetydaysafterthedateonwhichthedepartment
10receivedthecomplaint,unlessthecomplaintisotherwiseresolved.Thedepartmentmay
11extendtheperiodbyprovidingadvancewrittennoticetotheemployeeandtheemployer
12settingforthgoodcauseforanextensionoftheperiodandspecifyingthedurationofthe
13extension.
14 (3)Thedepartmentshallsendthecitationandnoticeofassessmentorthe
15determinationofcompliancetoboththeemployerandtheemployeebyserviceof
16processorusingamethodbywhichthemailingcanbetrackedorthedeliverycanbe
17confirmedtotheirlastknownaddresses.
18 2.Ifthedepartment'sinvestigationfindsthattheemployee'sallegationcannot
19besubstantiated,thedepartmentshallissueadeterminationofcompliancetothe
20employeeandtheemployerdetailingsuchfinding.
21 3.Thedirectormayinitiateaninvestigationwithoutanemployee'scomplaintto
22ensurecompliancewithsections285.2000to285.2015.
23 4.Thedepartmentmayrequestanemployerperformaself-auditofanyrecords
24relatingtosections285.2000to285.2015whichshallbeprovidedwithinareasonable
25time.Reasonabletimelinesshallbespecifiedintheself-auditrequest.Thedepartment
26shalldeterminereasonabletimebasedonthenumberofaffectedemployeesandthe
27periodoftimecoveredbytheself-audit.Therecordsexaminedbytheemployerin
28ordertoperformtheself-auditshallbemadeavailabletothedepartmentuponrequest.
29 5.Uponthedepartment'srequest,anemployershallnotifyaffectedemployeesin
30writingthatthedepartmentisconductinganinvestigation.Thedepartmentmay
31requiretheemployertoincludeageneraldescriptionofeachinvestigationaspartofthe
32notification,includingtheallegationsandwhetherthenotifiedemployeemaybe
HB1550 7 33affected.Theemployermayconsultwiththedepartmenttoprovidetheinformationfor
34thedescriptionofthenotificationorinvestigation.
35 6.Ifthedepartmentdeterminesthattheemployerhasviolatedarequirementof
36sections285.2000to285.2015oranyruleadoptedundertheprovisionsofsuchsections,
37thedepartmentalsomayordertheemployertopayacivilpenaltyofnotlessthantwo
38hundredfiftydollars.Thefirstviolationshallnotexceedtwohundredfiftydollars.The
39departmentmay,atanytime,waiveorreduceanycivilpenaltyassessedagainstan
40employerunderthissectionifthedepartmentdeterminesthattheemployerhastaken
41correctiveactiontoremedyaviolation.Thedepartmentshalladoptrulescreatinga
42scheduletoenhancepenalties,basedonrepeatviolationsbytheemployer.
43 7.Uponreceivingacomplaint,thedepartmentmayrequestorsubpoenathe
44recordsofthewarehousedistributioncenter.
45 8.Forenforcementactionsundersections285.2000to285.2015,ifanyperson
46failstopayanassessmentunderthissection,orunderanyruleunderthissection,after
47ithasbecomeafinalandunappealableorder,orafteracourthasenteredfinal
48judgmentinfavoroftheagency,thedirectorortheattorneygeneralmayinitiate
49collectionproceduresasauthorizedbylaw.
50 9.Ifthedepartmentfindsthataquotaviolatessections285.2000to285.2015,the
51departmentmayordertheemployertoreviewandprovideacorrectedwrittenquotato
52theaffectedemployeeoremployeeswithinfifteencalendardaysandplacealetterinthe
53employee'spersonnelfiletoacknowledgethecorrection.
54 10.Inadditiontoanyenforcementauthorityprovidedundersections285.2000
55to285.2015ortheapplicablerules,thedepartmentortheattorneygeneralmayenforce
56anyviolationundersections285.2000to285.2015ortheapplicablerulesbyfilingan
57actioninthecircuitcourtforthecountyinwhichtheviolationisallegedtohave
58occurred.Ifthedepartmentprevails,itisentitledtoreasonableattorney'sfeesand
59costsinanamounttobedeterminedbythecourt.
285.2012.1.Forenforcementactionsundersections285.2000to285.2015,a
2person,firm,orcorporationaggrievedbyacitationandnoticeofassessmentor
3determinationofcompliancebythedepartmentoranyrulesadoptedundersections
4285.2000to285.2015mayappealthecitationandnoticeofassessmentordetermination
5ofcompliancetothedirectorbyfilinganoticeofappealwiththeadministrativehearing
6commissionundertheprovisionsofchapter621withinfifteencalendardaysofthe
7department'sissuanceofthecitationandnoticeofassessmentordeterminationof
8compliance.Acitationandnoticeofassessmentordeterminationofcompliancenot
9appealedwithinfifteencalendardaysisfinalandbinding,andnotsubjecttofurther
10appeal.
HB1550 8 11 2.Anoticeofappealfiledwiththeadministrativehearingcommissionunderthis
12sectionstaystheeffectivenessofthecitationandnoticeofassessmentordetermination
13ofcompliancependingfinalreviewoftheappealbytheadministrativehearing
14commission.
15 3.Thestandardofreviewbytheadministrativelawjudgeofanappealed
16citationandnoticeofassessmentshallbedenovo.Anypartywhoseekstochallengean
17initialordershallfileapetitionforadministrativereviewwiththeadministrative
18hearingcommissionwithinthirtydaysafterserviceoftheinitialorder.
19 4.Thefinalorderoftheadministrativehearingcommissionissubjecttojudicial
20review.
21 5.Ordersthatarenotappealedwithinthetimeperiodspecifiedinthissection
22andchapter621arefinalandbinding,andnotsubjecttofurtherappeal.
23 6.Anemployerwhofailstoallowadequateinspectionofrecordsinan
24investigationbythedepartmentundersections285.2000to285.2015withinareasonable
25timeperiodshallnotusesuchrecordsinanyappealunderthissectiontochallengethe
26correctnessofanydeterminationbythedepartmentofthepenaltyassessed.
285.2015.Thedepartmentmaypromulgateallnecessaryrulesandregulations
2fortheadministrationofsections285.2000to285.2015.Anyruleorportionofarule,as
3thattermisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedin
4thissectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoallofthe
5provisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter
6536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassembly
7pursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannul
8arulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthority
9andanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2025,shallbeinvalidandvoid.
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