3109H.02A
HOUSECOMMITTEEBILLNO.1
ANACT
Torepealsections290.500,290.502,290.528,and
290.600,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoffournew
sectionsrelatingtoemployeecompensation.
BEITENACTEDBYTHEGENERALASSEMBLYOFTHESTATEOFMISSOURI,AS
FOLLOWS:
SectionA.Sections290.500,290.502,290.528,and290.600,
2 RSMo,arerepealedandfournewsectionsenactedinlieuthereof,
3 tobeknownassections290.500,290.502,290.528,and290.600,to
4 readasfollows:
290.500.Asusedinsections290.500to290.530,the
2 followingwordsandphrasesmean:
3 (1)"Agriculture",farmingandallitsbranchesincluding,
4 butnotlimitedto,thecultivationandtillageofthesoil,
5 dairying,theproduction,cultivation,growingandharvestingof
6 anyagriculturalcommodities,theraisingoflivestock,fishand
7 othermarinelife,bees,fur-bearinganimalsorpoultryandany
8 practicesperformedbyafarmeroronafarmasanincidenttoorin
9 conjunctionwithfarmingoperations,includingpreparationfor
10 market,deliverytostorageortomarketortocarriersfor
11 transportationtomarket;
12 (2)"Director",thedirectorofthedepartmentoflaborand
13 industrialrelationsorhisauthorizedrepresentative;
14 (3)"Employee",anyindividualemployedbyanemployer,
15 exceptthattheterm"employee"shallnotinclude:
16 (a)Anyindividualemployedinabonafideexecutive,
1 17 administrative, orprofessionalcapacity;
18 (b)Anyindividualengagedintheactivitiesofan
19 educational,charitable,religious,ornonprofitorganization
20 wheretheemployer-employee relationshipdoesnot,infact,exist
21 orwheretheservicesrenderedtotheorganizationareona
22 voluntarybasis;
23 (c)Anyindividualstandinginlocoparentistofoster
24 childrenintheircare;
25 (d)Anyindividualemployedforlessthanfourmonthsinany
26 yearinaresidentordaycampforchildrenoryouth,orany
27 individualemployedbyaneducationalconferencecenteroperated
28 byaneducational,charitableornot-for-profitorganization;
29 (e)Anyindividualengagedintheactivitiesofan
30 educationalorganizationwhereemploymentbytheorganizationis
31 inlieuoftherequirementthattheindividualpaythecostof
32 tuition,housingorothereducationalfeesoftheorganizationor
33 whereearningsoftheindividualemployedbytheorganizationare
34 creditedtowardthepaymentofthecostoftuition,housingor
35 othereducationalfeesoftheorganization;
36 (f)Anyindividualemployedonoraboutaprivateresidence
37 onanoccasionalbasisforsixhoursorlessoneachoccasion;
38 (g)Anyhandicappedpersonemployedinashelteredworkshop,
39 certifiedbythedepartmentofelementaryandsecondaryeducation;
40 (h)Anypersonemployedonacasualbasistoprovidebaby-
41 sittingservices;
42 (i)Anyindividualemployedbyanemployersubjecttothe
43 provisionsofpartAofsubtitleIVoftitle49,UnitedStates
2 44 Code,49U.S.C.§§10101etseq.;
45 (j)Anyindividualemployedonacasualorintermittentbasis
46 asagolfcaddy,newsboy,orinasimilaroccupation;
47 (k)Anyindividualwhoseearningsarederivedinwholeorin
48 partfromsalescommissionsandwhosehoursandplacesof
49 employmentarenotsubstantiallycontrolledbytheemployer;
50 (l)[Anyindividualwhoisemployedinanygovernment
51 positiondefinedin29U.S.C.§§203(e)(2)(C)(i)-(ii);
52 (m)] Anyindividualemployedbyaretailorservicebusiness
53 whoseannualgrossvolumesalesmadeorbusinessdoneislessthan
54 fivehundredthousanddollars;
55 [(n)] (m)Anyindividualwhoisanoffender,asdefinedin
56 section217.010,whoisincarceratedinanycorrectionalfacility
57 operatedbythedepartmentofcorrections,includingoffenderswho
58 providelabororservicesonthegroundsofsuchcorrectional
59 facilitypursuanttosection217.550;
60 [(o)] (n)Anyindividualdescribedbytheprovisionsof
61 section29U.S.C.213(a)(8);
62 (4)"Employer",anypersonactingdirectlyorindirectlyin
63 theinterestofanemployerinrelationtoanemployee;
64 (5)"Learnerandapprentice",anyindividualunder20years
65 ofagewhohasnotcompletedtherequiredtrainingforaparticular
66 job.Innoeventshalltheindividualbedeemedalearneror
67 apprenticeintheoccupationafterthreemonthsoftrainingexcept
68 wherethedirectorfinds,afterinvestigation,thatforthe
69 particularoccupationaminimumofproficiencycannotbeacquired
70 inthreemonths.Innocaseshallapersonbedeclaredtobea
3 71 learnerorapprenticeaftersixmonthsoftrainingforaparticular
72 employerorjob.Employeesofanamusementorrecreationbusiness
73 thatmeetsthecriteriasetoutin29U.S.C.§213(a)(3)maybe
74 deemedalearnerorapprenticeforninetyworkingdays.No
75 individualshallbedeemedalearnerorapprenticesolelyforthe
76 purposeofevadingtheprovisionsofsections290.500to290.530;
77 (6)"Occupation",anyoccupation,service,trade,business,
78 industry,orbranchorgroupofindustriesoremploymentorclass
79 ofemploymentinwhichindividualsaregainfullyemployed;
80 (7)"Wage",compensationduetoanemployeebyreasonofhis
81 employment,payableinlegaltenderoftheUnitedStatesorchecks
82 onbanksconvertibleintocashondemandatfullfacevalue;
83 (8)"Person",anyindividual,partnership,association,
84 corporation,business,businesstrust,legalrepresentative, or
85 anyorganizedgroupofpersons;
86 (9)"Man-day",anydayduringwhichanemployeeperformsany
87 agriculturallaborfornotlessthanonehour.
290.502.1.Exceptasmaybeotherwiseprovidedpursuantto
2 sections290.500to290.530,effectiveJanuary1,2007,every
3 employershallpaytoeachemployeewagesattherateof$6.50per
4 hour,orwagesatthesamerateorratessetundertheprovisions
5 offederallawastheprevailingfederalminimumwageapplicableto
6 thosecoveredjobsininterstatecommerce,whicheverrateperhour
7 ishigher.
8 2.Theminimumwageshallbeincreasedordecreasedon
9 January1,2008,andonJanuary1ofsuccessiveyears,bythe
10 increaseordecreaseinthecostofliving.OnSeptember30,2007,
4 11 andoneachSeptember30ofeachsuccessiveyear,thedirector
12 shallmeasuretheincreaseordecreaseinthecostoflivingbythe
13 percentageincreaseordecreaseasoftheprecedingJulyoverthe
14 levelasofJulyoftheimmediatelyprecedingyearoftheConsumer
15 PriceIndexforUrbanWageEarnersandClericalWorkers(CPI-W)or
16 successorindexaspublishedbytheU.S.DepartmentofLabororits
17 successoragency,withtheamountoftheminimumwageincreaseor
18 decreaseroundedtothenearestfivecents.
19 3.Exceptasmaybeotherwiseprovidedpursuanttosections
20 290.500to290.530,andnotwithstanding subsection1ofthis
21 section,effectiveJanuary1,2025,everyemployershallpayto
22 eachemployeewagesattherateofnotlessthan$13.75perhour,
23 orwagesatthesamerateorratessetundertheprovisionsof
24 federallawastheprevailingfederalminimumwageapplicableto
25 thosecoveredjobsininterstatecommerce,whicheverrateperhour
26 ishigher.Thereafter,theminimumwageestablishedbythis
27 subsectionshallbeincreasedby$1.25perhour,to$15.00per
28 hour,effectiveJanuary1,2026.Thereafter,theminimumwage
29 establishedbythissubsectionshallbeincreasedordecreasedon
30 January1,2027,andonJanuary1ofsuccessiveyears,perthe
31 methodsetforthinsubsection2ofthissection.Ifatanytime
32 thefederalminimumwagerateisaboveoristhereafterincreased
33 abovetheminimumwagethenineffectunderthissubsection,the
34 minimumwagerequiredbythissubsectionshallcontinuetobe
35 increasedpursuanttothissubsection,butthehigherfederalrate
36 shallimmediatelybecometheminimumwagerequiredbythis
37 subsectionandshallbeincreasedordecreasedperthemethodset
5 38 forthinsubsection2forsolongasitremainshigherthanthe
39 stateminimumwagerequiredandincreasedpursuanttothis
40 subsection.
41 4.Forpurposesofthissection,theterm"publicemployer"
42 meansanemployerthatisthestateorapoliticalsubdivisionof
43 thestate,includingadepartment,agency,officer,bureau,
44 division,board,commission,orinstrumentality ofthestate,ora
45 city,county,town,village,schooldistrict,orotherpolitical
46 subdivisionofthestate.[Subsection 3ofthissection] Beginning
47 onAugust28,2025,theprovisionsofthissectionshall[not]
48 applytoapublicemployerwithrespecttoitsemployees. [Any
49 publicemployerthatissubjecttosubsections1and2ofthis
50 sectionshallcontinuetobesubjecttothosesubsections.]
290.528.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingterms
2 shallmean:
3 (1)"Employee",anindividualemployedinthisstatebyan
4 employer;
5 (2)"Employer",anyindividual,soleproprietorship,
6 partnership,limitedliabilitycompany,corporation,oranyother
7 entitythatislegallydoingbusinessinthisstate[; exceptthat,
8 theterm"employer"shallnotincludeanypublicemployer,as
9 definedinsection285.525];
10 (3)"Employmentbenefits",anythingofvaluethatan
11 employeemayreceivefromanemployerinadditiontowagesand
12 salary.Thetermincludes,butisnotlimitedto,health,
13 disability,retirement,profit-sharing, anddeathbenefits;group
14 accidentaldeathanddismembermentbenefits;paidorunpaiddays
6 15 offfromworkforholidays,sickleave,vacation,andpersonal
16 necessity;andtermsofemployment,attendance,orleavepolicies;
17 (4)"Politicalsubdivision",anymunicipality,special
18 district,localgovernmentalbody,county,city,town,orvillage.
19 2.Notwithstanding anyotherprovisionsoflawtothe
20 contrary,nopoliticalsubdivisionshallestablish,mandate,or
21 otherwiserequireanemployertoprovidetoanemployee:
22 (1)Aminimumorlivingwagerate;or
23 (2)Employmentbenefits;
24
25 thatexceedstatelaws,rules,orregulations. Sections290.500to
26 290.530shallpreemptandnullifyallpoliticalsubdivision
27 ordinances,rules,andregulationscurrentlyineffectorlater
28 enactedrelatingtotheestablishmentorenforcementofaminimum
29 orlivingwageortheprovisionofemploymentbenefitsthatexceed
30 statelaws,rules,orregulations.
290.600.Asusedinsections290.600through290.642:
2 (1)"Department",departmentoflaborandindustrial
3 relations;
4 (2)"Director",directorofthedepartmentoflaborand
5 industrialrelations;
6 (3)"Domesticviolence",assuchtermisdefinedinsection
7 455.010;
8 (4)"Earnedpaidsicktime",timethatiscompensatedatthe
9 samehourlyrateandwiththesamebenefits,includinghealthcare
10 benefits,astheemployeenormallyearnsduringhoursworkedandis
11 providedbyanemployertoanemployeeforthepurposesdescribed
7 12 insection290.606,butinnocaseshallthishourlyamountbeless
13 thanthatprovidedundersection290.502;
14 (5)"Employee",anyindividualemployedinthisstatebyan
15 employer,butdoesnotinclude:
16 (a)Anyindividualengagedintheactivitiesofan
17 educational,charitable,religious,ornonprofitorganization
18 wheretheemployer-employee relationshipdoesnot,infact,exist
19 orwheretheservicesrenderedtotheorganizationareona
20 voluntarybasis;
21 (b)Anyindividualstandinginlocoparentistofoster
22 childrenintheircare;
23 (c)Anyindividualemployedforlessthanfourmonthsinany
24 yearinaresidentordaycampforchildrenoryouth,orany
25 individualemployedbyaneducationalconferencecenteroperated
26 byaneducational,charitableornot-for-profitorganization;
27 (d)Anyindividualengagedintheactivitiesofan
28 educationalorganizationwhereemploymentbytheorganizationis
29 inlieuoftherequirementthattheindividualpaythecostof
30 tuition,housingorothereducationalfeesoftheorganizationor
31 whereearningsoftheindividualemployedbytheorganizationare
32 creditedtowardthepaymentofthecostoftuition,housingor
33 othereducationalfeesoftheorganization;
34 (e)Anyindividualemployedonoraboutaprivateresidence
35 onanoccasionalbasisforsixhoursorlessoneachoccasion;
36 (f)Anyindividualemployedonacasualbasistoprovide
37 baby-sittingservices;
38 (g)Anyindividualemployedbyanemployersubjecttothe
8 39 provisionsofPartAofSubtitleIVofTitle49,UnitedStates
40 Code,49U.S.C.§§10101etseq.;
41 (h)Anyindividualemployedonacasualorintermittentbasis
42 asagolfcaddy,newsboy,orinasimilaroccupation;
43 (i)[Anyindividualwhoisemployedinanygovernment
44 positiondefinedin29U.S.C.§§203(e)(2)(C)(i)-(ii);
45 (j)] Anyindividualemployedbyaretailorservicebusiness
46 whoseannualgrossvolumesalesmadeorbusinessdoneislessthan
47 fivehundredthousanddollars;
48 [(k)] (j)Anyindividualwhoisanoffender,asdefinedin
49 section217.010,whoisincarceratedinanycorrectionalfacility
50 operatedbythedepartmentofcorrections,includingoffenderswho
51 providelabororservicesonthegroundsofsuchcorrectional
52 facilitypursuanttosection217.550;or,
53 [(l)] (k)Anyindividualdescribedbytheprovisionsof
54 section29U.S.C.213(a)(8);
55 (6)"Employer",anypersonactingdirectlyorindirectlyin
56 theinterestofanemployerinrelationtoanemployee[; provided,
57 however,thatforthepurposesofsections290.600through290.642
58 "employer"doesnotincludetheUnitedStatesgovernment,the
59 state,orapoliticalsubdivisionofthestate,includinga
60 department,agency,officer,bureau,division,board,commission,
61 orinstrumentality ofthestate,oracity,county,town,village,
62 schooldistrict,publichighereducationinstitution,orother
63 politicalsubdivisionofthestate];
64 (7)"Familymember",anyofthefollowingindividuals:
65 (a)Regardlessofage,abiological,adoptedorfosterchild,
9 66 stepchildorlegalward,achildofadomesticpartner,achildto
67 whomtheemployeestandsinlocoparentis,oranindividualtowhom
68 theemployeestoodinlocoparentiswhentheindividualwasa
69 minor;
70 (b)Abiological,foster,stepparentoradoptiveparentor
71 legalguardianofanemployeeoranemployee'sspouseordomestic
72 partneroranindividualwhostoodinlocoparentiswhenthe
73 employeeoremployee'sspouseordomesticpartnerwasaminor
74 child;
75 (c)Anindividualtowhomtheemployeeislegallymarried
76 underthelawsofanystate,oradomesticpartnerwhois
77 registeredassuchunderthelawsofanystateorpolitical
78 subdivision,oranindividualwithwhomtheemployeeisina
79 continuingsocialrelationshipofaromanticorintimatenature;
80 (d)Agrandparent,grandchild,orsibling(whetherofa
81 biological,foster,adoptiveorsteprelationship)oftheemployee
82 ortheemployee'sspouseordomesticpartner;or
83 (e)Apersonforwhomtheemployeeisresponsiblefor
84 providingorarranginghealthorsafety-relatedcare,including
85 butnotlimitedtohelpingthatindividualobtaindiagnostic,
86 preventative,routine,ortherapeutichealthtreatmentorensuring
87 thepersonissafefollowingdomesticviolence,sexualassault,or
88 stalking;
89 (8)"Healthcareprofessional",anyindividuallicensed
90 underfederaloranystatelawtoprovidemedicaloremergency
91 services,includingbutnotlimitedtodoctors,nurses,certified
92 nursemidwives,mentalhealthprofessionals,andemergencyroom
10 93 personnel;
94 (9)"Person",anyindividual,partnership,association,
95 corporation,business,businesstrust,legalrepresentative, or
96 anyorganizedgroupofpersons;
97 (10)"Retaliatorypersonnelaction",denialofanyright
98 guaranteedundersections290.600through290.642,oranythreat,
99 discharge,suspension,demotion,reductionofhours,oranyother
100 adverseactionagainstanemployeefortheexerciseofanyright
101 guaranteedherein."Retaliatorypersonnelaction"shallalso
102 includeinterferencewithorpunishmentforinanymanner
103 participatinginorassistinganinvestigation,proceeding,or
104 hearingundersections290.600through290.642;
105 (11)"Samehourlyrate",meansthefollowing:
106 (a)Foremployeespaidonthebasisofasinglehourlyrate,
107 thesamehourlyrateshallbetheemployee'sregularhourlyrate;
108 (b)Foremployeeswhoarepaidmultiplehourlyratesofpay
109 fromthesameemployer,thesamehourlyrateshallbeeither:
110 a.Thewagestheemployeewouldhavebeenpaidforthehours
111 absentduringuseofearnedpaidsicktimeiftheemployeehad
112 worked;or,
113 b.Theweightedaverageofallhourlyratesofpayduringthe
114 previouspayperiod.
115
116 Whatevermethodtheemployeruses,theemployermustusea
117 consistentmethodforeachemployeethroughoutayear;
118 (c)Foremployeeswhoarepaidasalary,thesamehourlyrate
119 shallbedeterminedbydividingthewagestheemployeeearnsinthe
11 120 previouspayperiodbythetotalnumberofhoursworkedduringthe
121 previouspayperiod.Fordeterminingtotalnumberofhoursworked
122 duringthepreviouspayperiod,employeeswhoareexemptfrom
123 overtimerequirementsunder29U.S.C.§213(a)(1),theFairLabor
124 StandardsAct,shallbeassumedtoworkfortyhoursineachwork
125 weekunlesstheirnormalworkweekislessthanfortyhours,in
126 whichcaseearnedpaidsicktimeshallaccrueandthesamehourly
127 rateshallbecalculatedbasedontheemployee'snormalworkweek.
128 Regardlessofthebasisused,thesamehourlyrateshallnotbe
129 lessthantheeffectiveminimumwagespecifiedinsection290.502;
130 (d)Foremployeespaidonapiecerateorafee-for-service
131 basis,thesamehourlyrateshallbeareasonablecalculationof
132 thewagesorfeestheemployeewouldhavereceivedforthepiece
133 work,service,orpartthereof,iftheemployeehadworked.
134 Regardlessofthebasisused,thesamehourlyrateshallnotbe
135 lessthantheeffectiveminimumwagespecifiedinsection290.502;
136 (e)Foremployeeswhoarepaidonacommissionbasis(whether
137 basewagepluscommissionorcommissiononly),thesamehourlyrate
138 shallbethegreaterofthebasewageortheeffectiveminimumwage
139 specifiedinsection290.502;
140 (f)Foremployeeswhoreceiveandretaincompensationinthe
141 formofgratuitiesinadditiontowages,thesamehourlyrateshall
142 bethegreateroftheemployee'sregularhourlyrateoronehundred
143 percentoftheeffectiveminimumwagespecifiedinsection290.502
144 withoutdeductionofanytipsasacredit;
145 (12)"Sexualassault",assuchtermisdefinedinsection
146 455.010;
12 147 (13)"Stalking",assuchtermisdefinedinsection455.010;
148 (14)"Year",aregularandconsecutivetwelve-monthperiod
149 asdeterminedbytheemployer;exceptthatforthepurposesof
150 section290.615andsection290.627,"year"shallmeanacalendar
151 year.
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