Compliance Stuff

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 May 1, 2025, and eliminates the voter-approved inflation-based annual adjustments to the minimum wage that were set to begin in 2027. The paid sick leave repeal and minimum wage amendments are set to go into effect on August 28, 2025, leaving in place the $13.75 per hour minimum wage for 2025 and the $15.00 per hour rate for 2026.  Although the paid leave law will eventually disappear, all of its requirements remain in effect in the interim, including the requirement that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked through August 27, 2025 . However, employers will no longer need to allow employees to accrue leave for hours worked on or after August 28, 2025. In addition, if employees use such leave through August 27, 2025, the law’s job protections will still apply ...

Just weeks after a new earned sick leave law took effect, Missouri lawmakers voted yesterday to repeal it – upending compliance plans and raising fresh questions for employers across the state. The state senate repeal measure that overturns a 2024 voter referendum passed largely along party lines on Wednesday and is now headed to the governor’s desk , where it is expected to be approved in the near future. It also will scrap the planned cost-of-living increases to the new state minimum wage, which will rise to $15 on January 1, 2026. Read on to understand what’s happening, how you should respond, and what could come next. Quick Recap: What Just Happened? On May 14, the Missouri Senate passed  House Bill 567 , which repeals the paid sick leave provisions of Proposition A – a voter-approved initiative from November 2024 that required employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The measure had only recently taken effect on May 1,  as we recently d...