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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.080 - Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
290.080. Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor. —
All corporations doing business in this state, and all persons operating railroads or railroad shops in this state, shall pay the wages and salaries of their employees as often as semimonthly, within sixteen days of the close of each payroll period; provided, however, that executive, administrative and professional employees, and sales people and other employees compensated in whole or in part on a commission basis, at the option of such employers, may be paid their salaries or commissions monthly. Such corporations and persons either as a part of the check, draft or other voucher paying the wages or separately, shall furnish the employee at least once a month a statement showing the total amount of deductions for the period. Any corporation or person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, for each offense.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 5080, 5081, 10176, A. 1949 S.B. 1105, A.L. 1955 p. 596)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 4608, 4609, 13215; 1919 §§ 9802, 9803, 6778; 1909 § 7820
CROSS REFERENCE:
Wages, when to be paid, interest, priority, 430.360
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.090 - Factory employees paid semimonthly — amount withheld — penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
290.090. Factory employees paid semimonthly — amount withheld — penalty. —
The employees of the operators of all manufactories, including plate glass manufactories, operated within this state shall be regularly paid in full of all wages due them at least once in every fifteen days, in lawful money, and at no pay day shall there be withheld from the earnings of any employee any sum to exceed the amount due him for his labor for five days next preceding any such pay day. Any such operator who fails and refuses to pay his employees, their agents, assigns or anyone duly authorized to collect such wages, as in this section provided, shall become immediately liable to any such employee, his agents or assigns for an amount double the sum due such employee at the time of such failure to pay the wages due, to be recovered by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction within this state, and no employee, within the meaning of this section, shall be deemed to have waived any right accruing to him under this section by any contract he may make contrary to the provisions hereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 10175)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13214; 1919 § 6775; 1909 § 7817
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.095 - Wage subsidies, bid supplements, and rebates for employment prohibited, when — violation, penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.095. Wage subsidies, bid supplements, and rebates for employment prohibited, when — violation, penalty. —
1. No contractor or subcontractor may directly or indirectly receive a wage subsidy, bid supplement, or rebate for employment on a public works project if such wage subsidy, bid supplement, or rebate has the effect of reducing the wage rate paid by the employer on a given occupational title below the wage rate required to be paid for such project pursuant to sections 290.210 to 290.340.
2. In the event a wage subsidy, bid supplement, or rebate is lawfully provided or received under subsection 1 of this section, the entity receiving such subsidy, supplement, or rebate shall report the date and amount of such subsidy, supplement, or rebate to the public body within thirty days of receipt of payment. This disclosure report shall be a matter of public record under chapter 610.
3. Any employer in violation of this section shall owe to the public body double the dollar amount per hour that the wage subsidy, bid supplement, or rebate has reduced the wage rate paid by the employer below the wage rate required to be paid for such project pursuant to sections 290.210 to 290.340 for each hour that work was performed. It shall be the duty of the department to calculate the dollar amount owed to the public body under this section.
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(L. 2007 S.B. 339, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.100 - Thirty days' notice of reduction of wages, how.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
Effective - 28 Aug 1943
290.100. Thirty days' notice of reduction of wages, how. —
Any railway, mining, express, telegraph, manufacturing or other company or corporation doing business in this state, and desiring to reduce the wages of its employees, or any of them, shall give to the employees to be affected thereby thirty days' notice thereof. Such notice may be given by posting a written or printed handbill, specifying the class of employees whose wages are to be reduced and the amount of the reduction, in a conspicuous place in or about the shops, station, office, depot or other place where said employees may be at work, or by mailing each employee a copy of said notice or handbill, and such company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay each party affected thereby the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by civil action in the name of the injured party, with costs, before any court of competent jurisdiction.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 5066, 5067, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 75)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 4590, 4591; 1919 §§ 9782, 9783; 1909 §§ 3022, 3023
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.110 - Payment due discharged employee — exceptions — penalty for delay.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
290.110. Payment due discharged employee — exceptions — penalty for delay. —
Whenever any person, firm or corporation doing business in this state shall discharge, with or without cause, or refuse to further employ any servant or employee thereof, the unpaid wages of the servant or employee then earned at the contract rate, without abatement or deduction, shall be and become due and payable on the day of the discharge or refusal to longer employ and the servant or employee may request in writing of his foreman or the keeper of his time to have the money due him, or a valid check therefor, sent to any station or office where a regular agent is kept; and if the money or a valid check therefor, does not reach the station or office within seven days from the date it is so requested, then as a penalty for such nonpayment the wages of the servant or employee shall continue from the date of the discharge or refusal to further employ, at the same rate until paid; provided, such wages shall not continue more than sixty days. This section shall not apply in the case of an employee whose remuneration for work is based primarily on commissions and whose duties include collection of accounts, care of a stock or merchandise and similar activities and where an audit is necessary or customary in order to determine the net amount due.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5082, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 76, A.L. 1963 p. 414, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1203)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4610; 1919 § 9804
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.120 - Employee not entitled to benefits, when.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
290.120. Employee not entitled to benefits, when. —
No such servant or employee who secretes or absents himself to avoid payment to him, or refuses to receive the same when fully tendered, shall be entitled to any benefit under sections 290.110 and 290.120 for such time as he so avoids payment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5083, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 77)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4611; 1919 § 9805
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.130 - Action by employees for breach of employment contract.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
Effective - 28 Aug 1943
290.130. Action by employees for breach of employment contract. —
Any such servant or employee whose employment is for a definite period of time, and who is discharged without cause before the expiration of such time, may, in addition to the penalty prescribed by this law, have an action against any such employer for any damages he may have sustained by reason of such wrongful discharge, and such action may be joined with an action for unpaid wages and penalty.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5084, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 78)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4612; 1919 § 9806
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.145 - Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006, 2 histories
290.145. Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions. —
It shall be an improper employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individual, or to otherwise disadvantage any individual, with respect to compensation, terms or conditions of employment because the individual uses lawful alcohol or tobacco products off the premises of the employer during hours such individual is not working for the employer, unless such use interferes with the duties and performance of the employee, the employee's coworkers, or the overall operation of the employer's business; except that, nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from providing or contracting for health insurance benefits at a reduced premium rate or at a reduced deductible level for employees who do not smoke or use tobacco products. Religious organizations and church-operated institutions, and not-for-profit organizations whose principal business is health care promotion shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to create a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages or other relief.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 509, et al. § 6, A.L. 2005 H.B. 596, A.L. 2006 S.B. 567 & 792)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.152 - Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
290.152. Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when. —
1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Employer"
, any individual, organization, partnership, political subdivision, corporation or other legal entity which has or had in the entity's employ one or more individuals performing services for the entity within this state;
(2)
"Prospective employer"
, any employer, as defined in this subsection, to which an individual has made application for employment, either oral or written, or forwarded a resume or other correspondence expressing an interest in employment.
2. An employer may:
(1) Respond in writing to a written request concerning a current or former employee from an entity or person which the employer reasonably believes to be a prospective employer of such employee; and
(2) Disclose the nature and character of service rendered by such employee to such employer and the duration thereof; and
(3) Truly state for what cause, if any, such employee was discharged or voluntarily quit such service. The provisions of this section shall apply regardless of whether the employee becomes employed by the prospective employer prior to receipt of the former employer's written response. The information provided pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the content of any service letter provided pursuant to section 290.140 for the same employee.
3. The employer shall send a copy of any letter provided pursuant to subsection 2 of this section to the current employee or former employee at the employee's last known address. The current or former employee may request from the employer a copy of the letter provided pursuant to subsection 2 of this section for up to one year following the date of such letter.
4. For purposes of this section, an employer shall be immune from civil liability for any response made pursuant to this section or for any consequences of such response, unless such response was false and made with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard for whether such response was true or false.
5. Any employer who violates the provisions of subsection 2 of this section shall be liable for compensatory damages but not punitive damages.
6. Any letter issued pursuant to this section shall not be admitted as evidence in an unemployment compensation claim.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 32)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.220 - Policy declared.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.220. Policy declared. —
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Missouri that a wage of no less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed or the public works contracting minimum wage, whichever is applicable, shall be paid to all workers employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged in public works, exclusive of maintenance work.
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(L. 1957 p. 574 § 2, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.235 - On-the-job training periods, use of entry-level workers and apprentices — wages — aggregate limit.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018
290.235. On-the-job training periods, use of entry-level workers and apprentices — wages — aggregate limit. —
1. Employers may use entry-level workers and federally registered apprentices for on-the-job training periods. The wage rate for on-the-job training workers shall be equal to fifty percent of the applicable wage rate for a journeyman worker under the appropriate occupational title for a specific locality.
2. The combined total of entry-level workers and federally registered apprentices shall not exceed a one-to-one ratio with the number of journeyman workers in any occupational title on a public works project subject to sections 290.210 to 290.340.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.240 - Department inquiry into complaints — rulemaking authority.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.240. Department inquiry into complaints — rulemaking authority. —
1. The department shall inquire diligently into complaints regarding any violation of sections 290.210 to 290.340, shall institute actions for penalties herein prescribed, and shall enforce generally the provisions of sections 290.210 to 290.340. Complaints regarding any violation of sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall be filed with the department. The following interested parties are the only parties allowed to file such complaints with the department:
(1) Any decision-making public servant for a public body for which a public works project is being performed, if the complaint is against the contractor or subcontractor for the project;
(2) Any contractor, if the complaint is against his or her subcontractor for work performed on behalf of a public body;
(3) Any subcontractor, if the complaint is against his or her contractor for work performed on behalf of a public body; and
(4) Any worker who alleges a violation of his or her rights under sections 290.210 to 290.340.
2. The department may establish rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 290.210 to 290.340.
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(L. 1957 p. 574 § 6, A.L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.263 - Wage rates to equal or exceed federal minimum wage.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.263. Wage rates to equal or exceed federal minimum wage. —
The wage rates required to be paid to workers upon public works pursuant to sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall not be less than the minimum wage specified under Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.265 - Wage rates posted, where.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.265. Wage rates posted, where. —
A clearly legible statement of all wage rates required to be paid to all workers employed in order to execute the contract and employed on the construction of the public works shall be kept posted in a prominent and easily accessible place at the site thereof by each contractor and subcontractor engaged in the public works projects under sections 290.210 to 290.340 and such notice shall remain posted during the full time that any such worker shall be employed on the public works.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.270 - Declaration as to wages final — maximum wages and hours not limited.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
290.270. Declaration as to wages final — maximum wages and hours not limited. —
The finding of the department ascertaining and declaring the prevailing hourly rate of wages and the public works contracting minimum wage shall be final for the locality, unless reviewed under the provisions of sections 290.210 to 290.340. Nothing in sections 290.210 to 290.340, however, shall be construed to prohibit the payment to any worker employed on any public work of more than the prevailing hourly rate of wages or the public works contracting minimum wage. Nothing in sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall be construed to limit the hours of work which may be performed by any worker in any particular period of time.
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(L. 1957 p. 574 § 7, A.L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 574 § 9, A.L. 1961 p. 438)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 574 § 10, A.L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.305 - Rebates by workers prohibited, exception.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.340 - Penalty for violation.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(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.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.360 - Board members — selected, how — officers.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(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.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.370 - Hearing and recommendations of board.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 415 § 3)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 415 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.400 - Definitions.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 § 1)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.420 - Female may register complaint.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 § 4)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 § 5, A.L. 1965 p. 95)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 §§ 3, 6, 8)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 416 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.460 - Powers and duties of commission.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
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.
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(L. 1965 p. 439)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 2 histories
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.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights › Section 290.507 - Agriculture, law not applicable.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 07 Dec 2006, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 4, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
2023 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.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 290
• Effective - 07 Dec 2006, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 5, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)