As of August 28, 2025, paid sick leave will no longer be required in Missouri. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 567, officially repealing
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Missouri Governor Signs Bill Repealing Earned Paid Sick Time Statute
On July 10, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed legislation (House Bill (HB) 567) that repeals the Missouri paid sick time statute and eliminates Missouri employers’ obligation to provide earned paid sick time to all Missouri employees.
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Repealing Paid Sick Leave Law and Revising Minimum Wage Update Schedule – What Now?
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Repealing Paid Sick Leave Law and Revising Minimum Wage Update Schedule – What Now?
On July 10, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed into law HB 567, which repeals the statewide paid sick leave law voters approved at the November 2024 election that took effect on
Missouri Legislature Passes Bill to Repeal Earned Paid Sick Time Law
On May 14, 2025, the Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 567, which would repeal the Missouri paid sick time statute and eliminate Missouri employers’ obligation to provide earned paid sick time to all Missouri employees.
Missouri Paid Sick Time Law Still Stands After State Supreme Court Ruling
On April 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Missouri upheld Proposition A, the voter-approved initiative that mandates paid sick time and raised the minimum wage.
Update on Missouri’s Proposition A: Status of Earned Paid Sick Time Law
Employers must provide notice of Missouri’s new earned paid sick time (PST) requirements no later than April 15, 2025—ahead of the May 1, 2025, effective date of the state’s new PST law, or Proposition A, passed by voters in November 2024—but much uncertainty surrounds the PST provisions due to a
Missouri’s Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Increase: Legislature, Court Challenges Continue
On Nov. 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, which included a new statewide paid sick leave law and an increase to the minimum wage. The paid
Missouri Appears to Have Approved Paid Sick and Safe Time Ballot Measure as Rumors of Potential Challenge Circulate
New statewide paid sick and safe time law would take effect on May 1, 2025. Law would allow employers to limit annual use to either 40 or 56 hours, limit carryover to 80 hours, but is silent on accrual caps. Notice obligations would begin before law takes effect.
2024 Election Results: Missouri Voters Pass Ballot Measure for Sick and Safe Leave, Minimum Wage Increase
Missouri voters have approved a state ballot measure that will increase the state minimum wage starting in 2025 and provide employees in the state with paid sick and safe leave, becoming one of the latest to join the growing list of states with some form of earned paid sick time.
Earned Paid Sick Time on Missouri’s 2024 Ballot: What Employers Need to Know
On Election Day, November 5, 2024, Missouri voters will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition A and decide whether Missouri will become the next state to require employers to provide earned paid sick time (PST) to eligible employees. Here, we share the details of Missouri’s PST law as it
Missouri’s Hands-Free Law Takes Effect, Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Missouri’s Siddens Bening Hands Free Law went into effect on August 28, 2023. The new law prohibits the use of cell phones and other handheld devices while driving on any highway or public roadway in Missouri.
Missouri Passes Bill Restricting Nonsolicitation, Noninterference Agreements With Business Owners
A recently passed Missouri bill included some amendments added at the last minute that may have significant implications for restrictive covenants—such as nonsolicitation and noninterference provisions—that are commonly used to protect legitimate business interests in the event of the purchase or sale of the business. The bill, which nominally applies
Missouri Employers Beware: Employment Protections Under Constitutional Amendment 3
On November 8, 2022, Missouri voters passed Constitutional Amendment 3 (the “Amendment”), which made limited marijuana use lawful in the State of Missouri for persons over the age of 21. The Amendment took effect December 8, and as a result, persons over the age of 21 may purchase and possess up to three (3) ounces of marijuana, and may grow a limited number of plants if registered with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for cultivation of marijuana plants. In addition, the Amendment provides for expungement of certain marijuana-related offenses and provides a mechanism for persons incarcerated to petition the sentencing court to vacate the conviction.
Maryland and Missouri Pass Recreational Marijuana, Missouri Adds Medical Marijuana Cardholder Employment Protections
On November 8, 2022, voters in Maryland and Missouri overwhelmingly approved ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana, becoming the 20th and 21st states to do so. And, as part of the ballot initiative in Missouri, the existing medical marijuana law was amended to include express employment protections for medical marijuana
Recreational Marijuana in Missouri Is Coming Soon – What Employers Need to Know
On November 8, 2022, Missourians voted to legalize recreational marijuana, adopting “Amendment 3,” a proposal to amend the state Constitution. With this development, Missouri joins a growing number of states that have legalized recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older (although marijuana is still unlawful as a matter of