Pro-choice and paid sick leave advocates rallied at the Missouri Capitol Thursday to protest the state legislature’s passage of two measures. First, a ballot measure that would make most abortions in Missouri illegal again, and a bill to overturn paid sick leave for...
Missouri’s new paid sick leave requirements have begun but the fight to change those requirements is not over this legislative session. From mid to late April, State Senate Democrats successfully blocked two attempted votes on a bill that would roll back the paid sick...
The Missouri Senate won’t be resuming debate yet on legislation that would undo most of Proposition A, the voter-approved law that mandates paid sick leave and raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour next year. Senate President Pro-tem Cindy O’Laughlin,...
Missouri’s voter-approved paid sick leave requirements and a minimum wage increase are another step closer to being thrown off course. The state House of Representatives has passed a bill that would get rid of the sick leave mandate and delay the $15 per hour minimum...
Does Proposition A violate the Missouri Constitution? That’s what the State Supreme Court is now weighing. The voter-passed initiative will raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $15 an hour next year and requires employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every...
