A higher minimum wage and paid sick leave for all Missouri workers will be on the state’s general election ballot in November. Alisa Nelson talks to Kara Corches, the interim president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, who says costs, liability, and hiring...
Missouri voters will get to decide whether the state’s minimum wage should be higher and whether all employers should offer paid sick leave. Proposition A is one of three citizen-led initiatives that made it onto the November ballot. Richard von Glahn, campaign...
A proposal to raise Missouri’s minimum wage is a step closer to making it onto the November ballot. The group Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages turned in more than 210,000 signatures last Wednesday to the Secretary of State’s office. If passed,...
Beginning today, Missouri’s minimum wage will increase from $12 to $12.30 an hour. The change is a result of a voter-approved ballot measure that passed in 2018 to gradually boost the state minimum wage by 85 cents each year through 2023. Under Proposition B, all...
(Jefferson City, MO) — Missouri’s minimum wage rate for 2024 will increase to $12.30 per hour, effective January 1. At a minimum, all private businesses are required to pay the $12.30 hourly rate, except some retail and service businesses. Missouri’s...
