Title XVIII — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 5, A.L. 2006 Adopted…

290.512. Gratuities, goods or services as part of wages, effect on minimum wage requirements. — 1. No employer of any employee who receives and retains compensation in the form of gratuities in addition to wages is required to pay wages in excess of fifty percent of the minimum w…

290.515. Physical or mental deficiency of employee, wage rate, determined by director, how. — After a public hearing at which any person may be heard, the director shall provide by regulation for the employment in any occupation of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired b…

290.517. Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how. — After a public hearing of which individual employees affected must be given reasonable notice, the director shall provide by regulation for the employment in any occupation, at wages lower than the wage …

290.520. Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential. — Every employer subject to any provision of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or any regulation issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall make and keep for a period of not less than three years …

290.522. Summary of law and wage rate, employer to post, how. — Every employer subject to any provision of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or of any regulations issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall keep a summary of sections 290.500 to 290.530, approved by the director, and…

290.523. Rulemaking authority. — The department may, in accordance with chapter 536, promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the enforcement and administration of sections 290.500 to 290.530. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536…

290.525. Violations — penalty. — Any employer who hinders the director in the performance of his duties in the enforcement of sections 290.500 to 290.530 by any of the following acts is guilty of a class C misdemeanor: (1) Refusing to admit the director to any place of employment…

290.527. Action for underpayment of wages, employee may bring — limitation. — Any employer who pays any employee less wages than the wages to which the employee is entitled under or by virtue of sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall be liable to the employee affected for the full amo…

290.528. Minimum wage and employment benefits, limitations on political subdivisions. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Employee", an individual employed in this state by an employer; (2) "Employer", any individual, sole proprietorship, partnershi…

290.529. Severability clause. — Except in the circumstances set forth in section 290.523, all the provisions of sections 290.500 to 290.530 are severable. If any provision, including any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, or clause, of sections 290.500 to 290.…

290.530. Law not to interfere with collective bargaining rights. — Nothing in sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own cho…

290.550. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.550 to 290.580, the following terms mean: (1) "Laborers from nonrestrictive states", persons who are residents of a state which has not enacted state laws restricting Missouri laborers from working on public works projects in that s…

290.555. Law to apply to certain projects. — Sections 290.550 to 290.580 apply to all labor on public works projects or improvements, whether skilled, semiskilled or unskilled, and whether manual or nonmanual except work done directly by any public utility company and not let to …

290.560. Certain laborers to be used on public works projects, when — contract provisions — exceptions. — Whenever there is a period of excessive unemployment in this state, every person who is charged with the duty, either by law or contract, of constructing or building any publ…

290.565. Law not to apply to certain personnel. — The provisions of sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall not apply to regularly employed nonresident executive, supervisory or technical personnel. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 4)

290.570. Federal projects, statutes not enforced, when. — In all contracts involving the expenditure of federal aid funds, sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall not be enforced in such manner as to conflict with any federal statutes or rules and regulations. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. …

290.575. Penalties for failure to use certain laborers, when. — Any person who knowingly fails to use Missouri laborers or laborers from nonrestrictive states as required in section 290.560 shall be guilty of an infraction. Each separate case of failure to use Missouri laborers o…

290.580. Department to enforce law — injunctive relief, when. — Sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall be enforced by the department of labor and industrial relations, which, as represented by the attorney general, is empowered to sue for injunctive relief against the awarding of any …

*290.590. Labor organization membership, dues, and fees not required as condition of employment — definitions — violations, penalty — investigation of complaints — inapplicability, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Employer", any individual,…