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MO Rev Stat § 290.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.280 - Administration of oaths — subpoenas — enforcement of subpoenas.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   290.280. Administration of oaths — subpoenas — enforcement of subpoenas. — The authorized representative of the department may administer oaths, take or cause to be taken the depositions of witnesses, and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, records, and other evidence relative to any matter under investigation or hearing. The subpoena shall be signed and issued by the department's authorized representative. In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued under this section, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the authorized representative of the department may proceed to enforce obedience to the subpoenas in the manner provided by section 536.077 for administrative agencies. The authorized representative of the department shall have the power to certify to official acts. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 574 § 9, A.L. 1961 p. 438)
MO Rev Stat § 290.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.300 - Actions for wages by worker authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.300. Actions for wages by worker authorized. — Any worker employed by the contractor or by any subcontractor under the contractor who shall be paid for his or her services in a sum less than the stipulated rates for work done under the contract, shall have a right of action for double whatever difference there may be between the amount so paid and the rates provided by the contract together with a reasonable attorney's fee to be determined by the court, and an action brought to recover same shall be deemed to be a suit for wages, and any and all judgments entered therein shall have the same force and effect as other judgments for wages. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 574 § 10, A.L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.305 - Rebates by workers prohibited, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.305. Rebates by workers prohibited, exception. — No person, firm or corporation shall violate the wage provisions of any contract contemplated in sections 290.210 to 290.340 or suffer or require any employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, or violate any of the provisions contained in sections 290.210 to 290.340. Where workers are employed and their rate of wages has been determined as provided in sections 290.210 to 290.340, no person, either on his or her behalf or for any other person, shall request, demand or receive, either before or after such worker is engaged, that such worker pay back, return, donate, contribute, or give any part or all of said worker's wages, salary, or thing of value, to any person, upon the statement, representation, or understanding that failure to comply with such request or demand will prevent such worker from procuring or retaining employment, and no person shall, directly or indirectly, pay, request or authorize any other person to violate this section. This section shall not apply to any agent or representative of a duly constituted labor organization acting in the collection of dues or assessments of such organization. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.315 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.315 - Deductions from wages, agreement to be written, approval of public body required.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.315. Deductions from wages, agreement to be written, approval of public body required. — All contractors and subcontractors subject to sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall make full payment of the required wages in legal tender, without any deduction for food, sleeping accommodations, transportation, use of small tools, or any other thing of any kind or description. This section shall not apply where the employer and employee enter into an agreement in writing at the beginning of said term of employment covering deductions for food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar items, provided such agreement is submitted by the employer to the public body awarding the contract and the same is approved by such public body as fair and reasonable. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.320 - Advertising for bids before wage rates are determined prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.320. Advertising for bids before wage rates are determined prohibited. — No public body, officer, official, member, agent or representative authorized to contract for public works shall fail, before advertising for bids or contracting for such construction, to have the department determine the wage rates in the locality where the work is to be performed as provided in sections 290.210 to 290.340. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.325 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.325 - Awarding contract or payment without wage rate determination prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.325. Awarding contract or payment without wage rate determination prohibited. — No public body, officer, official, member, agent or representative thereof authorized to contract for public works shall award a contract for the construction of such improvement or disburse any funds on account of the construction of such public improvement, unless such public body has first had the department determine the rates of wages required to be paid in the locality where the work is to be performed and such determination has been made a part of the specifications and contract for such public works. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.330 - Convicted violators of sections 290.210 to 290.340 listed, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   290.330. Convicted violators of sections 290.210 to 290.340 listed, effect of. — The department after investigation, upon complaint made by an interested party listed under section 290.240 or upon its own initiative, shall file with the secretary of state a list of the contractors and subcontractors who it finds have been prosecuted and convicted for violations of sections 290.210 to 290.340 and such contractor or subcontractor, or simulations thereof, shall be prohibited from contracting directly or indirectly with any public body for the construction of any public works or from performing any work on the same as a contractor or subcontractor for a period of one year from the date of the first conviction for such violation and for a period of three years from the date of each subsequent violation and conviction thereof. No public body shall award a contract for a public works to any contractor or subcontractor, or simulation thereof, during the time that its name appears on said list. The filing of the notice of conviction with the secretary of state shall be notice to all public bodies and their officers, officials, members, agents and representatives. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 290.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.335 - Notice of violation, failure to comply, attorney general shall sue, injunctive relief authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   290.335. Notice of violation, failure to comply, attorney general shall sue, injunctive relief authorized. — If it is found that a public body, contractor or subcontractor has not complied with any of the terms of sections 290.210 to 290.340, the department shall give notice of the precise violation in writing to such public body, contractor or subcontractor. Sufficient time may be allowed for compliance therewith as the department deems necessary. After the expiration of the time prescribed in said notice, the department may in writing inform the attorney general of the fact that such notice has been given and that the public body, contractor or subcontractor or the authorized representative or agent thereof to whom it was directed has not complied with such notice. Upon receipt thereof, the attorney general shall at the earliest possible time bring suit in the name of the state in the circuit court of the county in which such public body is located or where any such contractor or subcontractor is engaged in any public works to enjoin the award of such contract for a public works, or any further work or payments thereunder if the contract has been awarded, until the requirements of such notice are fully complied with. The court may issue a temporary restraining order with due notice to the defendant in such action. The plaintiff shall in any such injunctive action post an adequate bond to be set by the circuit judge. Upon final hearing thereof, if the court is satisfied that the requirements of the notice by the department to the defendant were not unreasonable or arbitrary, it shall issue an order enjoining the awarding of such contract for a public works, or any further work or payments thereunder if the contract has been awarded, until the notice is fully complied with. Such injunction shall continue operative until the court is satisfied that the requirements of such notice have been complied with and the court shall have and exercise with respect to the enforcement of such injunctions all the power in it in other similar cases. Both the plaintiff and defendant in such action have the same rights of appeal as are provided by law in other injunction proceedings. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142)
MO Rev Stat § 290.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.340 - Penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   290.340. Penalty for violation. — Any officer, official, member, agent or representative of any public body, contractor or subcontractor who willfully violates and omits to comply with any of the provisions and requirements of sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall be punished for each violation thereof by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation or omission continues shall constitute a separate offense as contemplated by this section. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 142)
MO Rev Stat § 290.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.350 - Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.350. Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed. — Whenever a dispute exists concerning wages, hours of labor, or conditions of employment of members of a paid fire department of any county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit having a population in excess of twenty thousand or located in a county of the first class, and a request for arbitration is made by either party to the dispute, a firemen's arbitration board shall be appointed as provided in sections 290.350 to 290.380. Request for arbitration may be made by written petition signed by at least fifty-one percent of the employees of the fire department or by resolution of the county commission, council, board, or other governing body having direction and control over the fire department. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 415 § 1)  (1968) As applied to constitutional charter cities, §§ 290.350 and 290.360 are unconstitutional and void as imposing duties upon a municipal officer. State ex rel. Burke v. Cervantes, 423 S.W.2d 791 (Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 290.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.360 - Board members — selected, how — officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.360. Board members — selected, how — officers. — The board shall consist of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved, and shall be qualified voters of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved. Two of these appointments shall be made from a list of four or more, submitted by the employees. If the request for arbitration is initiated by petition of the employees, the petition shall be accompanied by a list of four or more persons. If the request for arbitration is initiated by the county commission, council, board or other governing body having direction and control over the fire department, the chief executive officer of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit shall mail a copy of the resolution, together with a request for the submission of a list of four or more prospective members of the firemen's arbitration board to representatives of the employees of the fire department. The four members appointed by the chief executive officer shall select the fifth member of the board, who may or may not be a registered voter of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved. The board shall meet and organize as soon as possible after its appointment. The board shall select from its membership a chairman and any other officers it considers necessary, and make rules of procedure governing its hearings. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 415 § 2)  (1968) As applied to constitutional charter cities, §§ 290.350 and 290.360, RSMo, are unconstitutional and void as imposing duties upon a municipal officer. State ex rel. Burke v. Cervantes, 423 S.W.2d 791 (Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 290.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.370 - Hearing and recommendations of board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.370. Hearing and recommendations of board. — The board shall conduct hearings, with dispatch, for the purpose of hearing evidence relevant to the subject of the dispute, and shall, as soon as practicable, report its findings and recommendations in writing to the chief executive officer of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved, and to any organization of firemen involved. The report shall be concurred in by at least three members of the board. The recommendation shall be advisory only and shall not be binding upon the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit, or upon the members of the fire department involved. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 415 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 290.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.380 - Expenses of board members to be paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.380. Expenses of board members to be paid. — Members of the board shall serve without compensation. All necessary expenses of any hearing conducted by the board members, certified to by all the members of the board, shall be paid by the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 415 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 290.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.400 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.400 to 290.450 the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise:  (1) "Commission", the labor and industrial relations commission of Missouri;  (2) "Employee", every woman or man in receipt of or entitled to compensation for labor performed for any employer;  (3) "Employer", every person, firm, corporation, agent, manager, representative, contractor, subcontractor, principal or other person having control or direction of any woman or man employed at any labor, or responsible directly or indirectly for the wages of another;  (4) "Female", a woman of eighteen years or over;  (5) "Wage rates" or "wages", any compensation for labor measured by time, piece, or otherwise. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 290.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.410 - Employer not to pay female lower wage.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.410. Employer not to pay female lower wage. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no employer shall pay any female in his employ at wage rates less than the wage rates paid to male employees in the same establishment for the same quantity and quality of the same classification of work, provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a variation of rates of pay for male and female employees engaged in the same classification of work based upon a difference in seniority, length of service, ability, skill, difference in duties or services performed, difference in the shift or time of day worked, hours of work, or restrictions or prohibitions on lifting or moving objects in excess of specified weight, or other reasonable differentiation, or factors other than sex, when exercised in good faith. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 290.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.420 - Female may register complaint.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.420. Female may register complaint. — Any affected female employee may register with the commission a complaint that the wages paid to her are less than the wages to which she is entitled under sections 290.400 to 290.450. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 290.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.430 - Labor and industrial relations commission to mediate wage disputes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   290.430. Labor and industrial relations commission to mediate wage disputes. — The commission shall take all proceedings necessary to mediate the dispute concerning the payment of any sums alleged to be due and unpaid to the female employees. The commission shall have the power to issue such regulations not inconsistent with the purpose and provisions of sections 290.400 to 290.450, as it deems necessary or appropriate for the administration thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 5, A.L. 1965 p. 95)
MO Rev Stat § 290.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.440 - Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.440. Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof. — 1. Any employer who violates section 290.410 is liable to the female employee affected in the amount of the wages of which the female employee is deprived by reason of the violation.  2. Any female employee receiving less than the wage to which she is entitled under sections 290.400 to 290.450 may recover in a civil action the balance of the wages, together with the costs of suit, notwithstanding any agreement to work for a lesser wage.  3. The burden of proof shall be upon the person bringing the claim to establish that the differentiation in rate of pay is based upon the factor of sex and not upon other differences or factors. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 §§ 3, 6, 8)
MO Rev Stat § 290.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.450 - Actions to be instituted in circuit court — limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   290.450. Actions to be instituted in circuit court — limitations. — Any action based upon or arising under sections 290.400 to 290.450 shall be instituted in the circuit court within six months after the date of the alleged violation, but in no event shall any employer be liable for any pay due under sections 290.400 to 290.450 for more than thirty days prior to receipt by the employer of written notice of claim thereof from the female employee. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 290.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.460 - Powers and duties of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   290.460. Powers and duties of commission. — The commission shall carry on a continuing program of education, information, study, and community organization concerning the problems of female employees in seeking, obtaining and holding employment without discrimination on account of sex. The commission's power and duties shall include but not be limited to the following:  (1) Promote in cooperation with the federal government, state, local and private agencies and organizations, programs to eliminate discrimination in employment based solely on sex;  (2) Promote research with the view to reducing barriers based solely on sex in the hire, employment and retention of female employees;  (3) Sponsor and correlate in communities of the state, information and educational programs intended to reduce or abolish discrimination in employment based solely on sex;  (4) Recommend to the governor, from time to time, any specific proposals for legislation as may be deemed necessary and proper for the elimination in employment of discrimination based solely on sex. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 439)
MO Rev Stat § 290.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights|Section 290.505 - Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   290.505. Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions. — 1. No employer shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.  2. Employees of an amusement or recreation business that meets the criteria set out in 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(3) must be paid one and one-half times their regular compensation for any hours worked in excess of fifty-two hours in any one-week period.  3. With the exception of employees described in subsection (2), the overtime requirements of subsection (1) shall not apply to employees who are exempt from federal minimum wage or overtime requirements including, but not limited to, the exemptions or hour calculation formulas specified in 29 U.S.C. Sections 207 and 213, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.  4. Except as may be otherwise provided under sections 290.500 to 290.530, this section shall be interpreted in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 201, et seq., as amended, and the Portal to Portal Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 251, et seq., as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 3, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1883 merged with H.B. 2041)  Effective 6-25-08 (H.B. 2041); 8-28-08 (H.B. 1883)