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MO Rev Stat § 290.507 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.507 - Agriculture, law not applicable.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.507. Agriculture, law not applicable. — Sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall not apply to any employee or employer engaged in agriculture, as defined in section 290.500 (A) if such employee is employed by an employer who did not, during any calendar quarter during the preceding calendar year, use more than five hundred man-days of agriculture labor, (B) if such employee is the parent, spouse, child, or other member of his employer's immediate family, (C) if such employee (i) is employed as a hand harvest laborer and is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, (ii) commutes daily from his permanent residence to the farm on which he is so employed, and (iii) has been employed in agriculture less than thirteen weeks during the preceding calendar year, (D) if such employee (other than an employee described in clause (C) of this subsection) (i) is sixteen years of age or under and is employed as a hand harvest laborer, is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, (ii) is employed on the same farm as his parent or person standing in the place of his parent, and (iii) is paid at the same piece rate as employees over age sixteen are paid on the same farm, or (E) if such employee is principally engaged in the range production of livestock. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 4, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.510 - Director may investigate to prove compliance.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.510. Director may investigate to prove compliance. — The director shall have authority to investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation included within the meaning of sections 290.500 to 290.530. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 5, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.512 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.512 - Gratuities, goods or services as part of wages, effect on minimum wage requirements.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.512. Gratuities, goods or services as part of wages, effect on minimum wage requirements. — 1. No employer of any employee who receives and retains compensation in the form of gratuities in addition to wages is required to pay wages in excess of fifty percent of the minimum wage rate specified in sections 290.500 to 290.530, however, total compensation for such employee shall total at least the minimum wage specified in sections 290.500 to 290.530, the difference being made up by the employer.  2. If an employee receives and retains compensation in the form of goods or services as an incident of his employment and if he is not required to exercise any discretion in order to receive the goods or services, the employer is required to pay only the difference between the fair market value of the goods and services and the minimum wage otherwise required to be paid by sections 290.500 to 290.530. The fair market value of the goods and services shall be computed on a weekly basis. The director shall provide by regulation a method of valuing the goods and services received by any employee in lieu of the wages otherwise required to be paid under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530. He shall also provide by regulation a method of determining those types of goods and services that are an incident of employment the receipt of which does not require any discretion on the part of the employee. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 6, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.515 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.515 - Physical or mental deficiency of employee, wage rate, determined by director, how.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.515. Physical or mental deficiency of employee, wage rate, determined by director, how. — After a public hearing at which any person may be heard, the director shall provide by regulation for the employment in any occupation of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by physical or mental deficiency at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530. The individuals shall be employed as the director finds appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, to avoid undue hardship, and to safeguard the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530, except that no individual who maintains a production level within the limits required of other employees shall be paid less than the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530. Employees affected or their guardians shall be given reasonable notice of this hearing. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 7, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.517 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.517 - Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.517. Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how. — After a public hearing of which individual employees affected must be given reasonable notice, the director shall provide by regulation for the employment in any occupation, at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530, of such learners and apprentices as he finds appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment. Such wage rate for learners and apprentices shall be not less than 90 cents less than the minimum wage established by sections 290.500 to 290.530. At no time may this provision be used for the purpose of evading the spirit and meaning of sections 290.500 to 290.530. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 8, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.520 - Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.520. Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential. — Every employer subject to any provision of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or any regulation issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall make and keep for a period of not less than three years on or about the premises wherein any employee is employed or at some other premises which is suitable to the employer, a record of the name, address and occupation of each of his employees, the rate of pay, the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by the employee and any goods or services provided by the employer to the employee as provided in section 290.512. The records shall be open for inspection by the director by appointment. Where the records required under this section are kept outside the state, the records shall be made available to the director upon demand. Every such employer shall furnish to the director on demand a sworn statement of time records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director. All the records and information obtained by the department of labor and industrial relations are confidential and shall be disclosed only on order of a court of competent jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 9, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.522 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.522 - Summary of law and wage rate, employer to post, how.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.522. Summary of law and wage rate, employer to post, how. — Every employer subject to any provision of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or of any regulations issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall keep a summary of sections 290.500 to 290.530, approved by the director, and copies of any applicable wage regulations issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530, or a summary of the wage regulations posted in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises wherein any person subject thereto is employed. Employers shall be furnished copies of the summaries and regulations by the state on request without charge. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 10, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.523 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.523 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   290.523. Rulemaking authority. — The department may, in accordance with chapter 536, promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the enforcement and administration of sections 290.500 to 290.530. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul* a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2008, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2008 H.B. 1883 merged with H.B. 2041)  *Word "annual" appears in original rolls of H.B. 1883, 2008.
MO Rev Stat § 290.525 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.525 - Violations — penalty.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.525. Violations — penalty. — Any employer who hinders the director in the performance of his duties in the enforcement of sections 290.500 to 290.530 by any of the following acts is guilty of a class C misdemeanor:  (1) Refusing to admit the director to any place of employment;  (2) Failing to make, keep and preserve any records as required under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530;  (3) Falsifying any record required under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530;  (4) Refusing to make any record required under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530 accessible to the director;  (5) Refusing to furnish a sworn statement of any record required under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or any other information required for the proper enforcement of sections 290.500 to 290.530 to the director upon demand;  (6) Failing to post a summary of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or a copy of any applicable regulation as required;  (7) Discharging or in any other manner discriminating against any employee who has notified the director that he has not been paid wages in accordance with the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530, or who has caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to sections 290.500 to 290.530, or who has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding;  (8) Paying or agreeing to pay wages at a rate less than the rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530. Payment at such rate for any week or portion of a week constitutes a separate offense as to each employee;  (9) Otherwise violating any provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530. ­­Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 11, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.527 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.527 - Action for underpayment of wages, employee may bring — limitation.

Effective - 06 Nov 2018, 2 histories   290.527. Action for underpayment of wages, employee may bring — limitation. — Any employer who pays any employee less wages than the wages to which the employee is entitled under or by virtue of sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall be liable to the employee affected for the full amount of the wage rate and an additional amount equal to twice the unpaid wages as liquidated damages, less any amount actually paid to the employee by the employer and for costs and such reasonable attorney fees as may be allowed by the court or jury. The employee may bring any legal action necessary to collect the claim. Any agreement between the employee and the employer to work for less than the wage rate shall be no defense to the action. All actions for the collection of any deficiency in wages shall be commenced within three years of the accrual of the cause of action. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 12, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006, A.L. 2018 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 6, 2018) Effective 11-06-18
MO Rev Stat § 290.528 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.528 - Minimum wage and employment benefits, limitations on political subdivisions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   290.528. Minimum wage and employment benefits, limitations on political subdivisions. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:  (1) "Employee", an individual employed in this state by an employer;  (2) "Employer", any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any other entity that is legally doing business in this state; except that, the term "employer" shall not include any public employer, as defined in section 285.525;  (3) "Employment benefits", anything of value that an employee may receive from an employer in addition to wages and salary. The term includes, but is not limited to, health, disability, retirement, profit-sharing, and death benefits; group accidental death and dismemberment benefits; paid or unpaid days off from work for holidays, sick leave, vacation, and personal necessity; and terms of employment, attendance, or leave policies;  (4) "Political subdivision", any municipality, special district, local governmental body, county, city, town, or village.  2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, no political subdivision shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an employee:  (1) A minimum or living wage rate; or  (2) Employment benefits; ­­that exceed state laws, rules, or regulations. Sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall preempt and nullify all political subdivision ordinances, rules, and regulations currently in effect or later enacted relating to the establishment or enforcement of a minimum or living wage or the provision of employment benefits that exceed state laws, rules, or regulations. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 13, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006, A.L. 2017 H.B. 1194 & 1193)
MO Rev Stat § 290.529 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.529 - Severability clause.

Effective - 06 Nov 2018   290.529. Severability clause. — Except in the circumstances set forth in section 290.523, all the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530 are severable. If any provision, including any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, or clause, of sections 290.500 to 290.530, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unconstitutional, or unconstitutionally enacted, such decision shall not affect other provisions or applications of sections 290.500 to 290.530 that can be given effect without the invalid, unconstitutional, or unconstitutionally enacted provision or application. ­­-------- (L. 2018 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 6, 2018)  Effective 11-06-18
MO Rev Stat § 290.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.530 - Law not to interfere with collective bargaining rights.

Effective - 07 Dec 2006   290.530. Law not to interfere with collective bargaining rights. — Nothing in sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 14, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
MO Rev Stat § 290.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.550 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.550. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.550 to 290.580, the following terms mean:  (1) "Laborers from nonrestrictive states", persons who are residents of a state which has not enacted state laws restricting Missouri laborers from working on public works projects in that state, as determined by the labor and industrial relations commission;  (2) "Missouri laborer", any person who has resided in Missouri for at least thirty days and intends to become or remain a Missouri resident;  (3) "A period of excessive unemployment", any month immediately following two consecutive calendar months during which the level of unemployment in the state has exceeded five percent as measured by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in its monthly publication of employment and unemployment figures;  (4) "Public works", projects defined as public works pursuant to section 290.210. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 290.555 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.555 - Law to apply to certain projects.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.555. Law to apply to certain projects. — Sections 290.550 to 290.580 apply to all labor on public works projects or improvements, whether skilled, semiskilled or unskilled, and whether manual or nonmanual except work done directly by any public utility company and not let to contract. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 290.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.560 - Certain laborers to be used on public works projects, when — contract provisions — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.560. Certain laborers to be used on public works projects, when — contract provisions — exceptions. — Whenever there is a period of excessive unemployment in this state, every person who is charged with the duty, either by law or contract, of constructing or building any public works project or improvement for the state or any political subdivision, municipal corporation or other governmental unit thereof shall employ only Missouri laborers and laborers from nonrestrictive states on such project or improvement, and every contract let by any such person shall contain a provision requiring that such labor be used, except that other laborers may be used when Missouri laborers or laborers from nonrestrictive states are not available, or are incapable of performing the particular type of work involved, if so certified by the contractor and approved by the contracting officer. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 290.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.565 - Law not to apply to certain personnel.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.565. Law not to apply to certain personnel. — The provisions of sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall not apply to regularly employed nonresident executive, supervisory or technical personnel. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 290.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.570 - Federal projects, statutes not enforced, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.570. Federal projects, statutes not enforced, when. — In all contracts involving the expenditure of federal aid funds, sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall not be enforced in such manner as to conflict with any federal statutes or rules and regulations. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 290.575 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.575 - Penalties for failure to use certain laborers, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.575. Penalties for failure to use certain laborers, when. — Any person who knowingly fails to use Missouri laborers or laborers from nonrestrictive states as required in section 290.560 shall be guilty of an infraction. Each separate case of failure to use Missouri laborers or laborers from nonrestrictive states on such public works projects or improvements shall constitute a separate offense. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 290.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.580 - Department to enforce law — injunctive relief, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   290.580. Department to enforce law — injunctive relief, when. — Sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall be enforced by the department of labor and industrial relations, which, as represented by the attorney general, is empowered to sue for injunctive relief against the awarding of any contract or the continuation of any work under any contract for public works or improvements at a time when the provisions of sections 290.550 to 290.580 are not being met. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 291.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 291 - Industrial Inspection|Section 291.010 - Director of section to furnish bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   *291.010. Director of section to furnish bond. — Before the director of the inspection section shall enter upon the duties of his office, he shall give a good and sufficient bond to the state of Missouri in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be approved by the attorney general as to form, and by the governor as to sufficiency, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will render an honest and accurate accounting of all funds which may come into his hands through the performance of his official duties, and said director shall be held liable on his official bond for any defalcations of any of his deputies, agents, assistants or other employees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10143, A.L. 1945 p. 1097 § 10141)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13169  *The Reorganization Act of 1974 transferred all the powers, duties and functions of the division of industrial inspection to the inspection section, by type I transfer, which was therein created, and provides that all employees of this section are to be employed pursuant to the provisions of the merit system law, Chap. 36.  CROSS REFERENCE:  Section of industrial inspection of department of labor and industrial relations created, 286.110