Title XVIII — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

288.215. Finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment or order not conclusive or binding, when — use of evidence in other proceedings. — 1. Any finding of fact, conclusion of law, judgment or order made by an appeals tribunal, the labor and industrial relations commission or any …

288.220. Administration of law — director — state unemployment insurance operation — rules and regulations. — 1. Subject to the supervision of the director of the department of labor and industrial relations, the division of employment security of the department of labor and indu…

288.222. Resume retrieval program, division may administer, charge fees — general assembly may appropriate funds for program. — The division of employment security of the department of labor and industrial relations may continue administering the resume retrieval program, formerl…

288.225. Group insurance for employees of division. — 1. Subject to the approval of the director of the department of labor and industrial relations, the director of the division may formulate, adopt and administer plans to provide the employees of the division of employment secu…

288.230. Power to subpoena records and witnesses — mileage and per diem for witnesses — witness's right against self-incrimination, procedure to claim, effect. — 1. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this law, the director, the commission, an appeals tribunal, and any duly…

288.240. Papers, deemed filed, when. — Any notice of appeal, application or other paper required under this law to be filed with the division or the commission shall, when mailed to and received by the division or the commission, be deemed to be filed as of the date endorsed by t…

288.245. Records of division constitute evidence of date of mailing or electronic transmission. — The records of the division shall constitute prima facie evidence of the date of mailing or the date of electronic transmission of any notice, determination or other paper mailed or …

288.247. Electronic document transmission and filing requirements — investigations of protested issues and fraud, appeals decided. — 1. Except as otherwise required by law, any notice, determination, decision, or other paper required to be mailed by the division to an employing u…

288.250. Records confidential — privileged communications — violation, penalty. — 1. Information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of this law shall be held confidential and shall not be published, further disclosed, or be open to publi…

288.251. Cooperation with not-for-profit agencies authorized. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 288.250, the division may enter into arrangements, share and exchange information pertaining to job opportunities with appropriate not-for-profit agencies engaged in programs…

288.260. Annual report. — The director shall prepare a report for the director of the department of labor and industrial relations and the report shall be submitted by the director of the department of labor and industrial relations to the governor and to the commission no later …

288.290. Unemployment compensation fund, established — administration, deposit of funds — purposes — erroneous collection of interest or penalties. — 1. There is hereby established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this state, an "Unemployme…

288.300. Unemployment compensation administration fund, administration and disbursement. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund". All moneys in this fund shall be continuously available t…

288.310. Special employment security fund — use of funds — amounts transferred between funds, when. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Special Employment Security Fund". All interest and penalties collected under the provisions o…

288.320. Federal funds, how used — reimbursement, when authorized. — 1. All moneys received pursuant to section 302 of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 502), as amended, shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts necessary for the proper and eff…

*288.330. State liability for benefits limited, authority for application and repayment of federal advances — board of unemployment fund financing created, duties, requirements, powers — disposition of unobligated funds. — 1. Benefits shall be deemed to be due and payable only to…

288.340. Cooperation with federal government and sister states. — 1. In the administration of this law, the division shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this law, with the United States Department of Labor; shall make such reports in such form …

288.345. Division may participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs. — The division of employment security is authorized to participate in federal comprehensive manpower programs authorized by the United States Department of Labor and to pay allowances provided by such p…

288.350. Effect of amendments to related federal law. — 1. If the federal unemployment tax act is amended to permit a maximum rate of credit against said federal tax higher than the ninety percent maximum rate of credit now permitted under section 1601(c) of the Internal Revenue …

288.360. Records of division — reproduction, destruction, copies. — 1. The division may cause to be made such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications or reproductions of any records, documents, instruments, proceedings, reports or transcripts thereof as it may deem adv…

288.370. Law does not confer vested rights. — The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this law at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferre…

288.375. Discharge for testifying prohibited, civil action for damages, statute of limitations. — 1. No employer or employing unit shall discharge, discipline or penalize any employee because the employee has testified on behalf of another employee in any proceeding under this ch…

288.379. Notice given to filer of claim, taxation of benefits — deducted amounts remain in trust fund until transference — division to follow procedures — order in which amounts are deducted. — 1. Beginning January 1, 1997, an individual filing a new or renewed unemployment compe…

288.380. Void agreements — offenses, penalties — deductions of support obligations and uncollected overissuance of food stamps — offset for overpayment of benefits by other states, when — definitions. — 1. Any agreement by a worker to waive, release, or commute such worker's righ…

288.381. Collection of benefits paid when claimant later determined ineligible or awarded back pay — violation, damages. — 1. The provisions of subsection 8 of section 288.070 notwithstanding, benefits paid to a claimant pursuant to subsection 7 of section 288.070 to which the cl…

288.382. Uncollectible benefit overpayments, how determined. — The division may, for good cause, determine as uncollectible and purge from its records any benefit overpayment as mentioned in subsections 11 and 12 of section 288.380 which remains unpaid after the expiration of fiv…

288.390. State to comply with minimum standards prescribed by federal law. — If the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Federal Social Security Act or other related federal laws are amended to provide minimum standards for the payment of unemployment benefits, such standards shall …

288.395. Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties. — Any person or entity perpetrating a fraud or misrepresentation under this chapter for which a penalty has not herein been specifically provided shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, in addition, shall be liable to this sta…

288.398. Contracts with consumer reporting agencies authorized — information limited — privacy rules apply — written consent, contents — use of information limited, verified by consumer reporting agency — confidentiality safeguards required — noncompliance, liability — informatio…

288.500. Shared work program created — definitions — plan, requirements — plan denied, submission of new plan, when — contribution by employer, how computed — benefits — severability clause. — 1. There is created under this section a voluntary "Shared Work Unemployment Compensati…

288.501. Extension of benefits — alternate base period defined — use of federal moneys. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary: (1) If a claimant does not have sufficient wages in the base period to be an insured worker, as those terms are defined in section…

290.010. What constitutes a day's labor. — From and after the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the period of eight hours shall be and constitute a legal day's work; but nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent parties to any contr…

290.020. Limitation of working hours in certain industries, exception by consent of worker. — It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, company or corporation engaged in carrying on any kind of mining, mechanical, chemical manufacturing or smelting business, to work th…

290.030. Penalty. — Any person or persons, company or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of section 290.020 shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10168) Prior revision…

290.080. Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor. — All corporations doing business in this state, and all persons operating railroads or railroad shops in this state, shall pay the wages and salaries of their employees as often as…

290.090. Factory employees paid semimonthly — amount withheld — penalty. — The employees of the operators of all manufactories, including plate glass manufactories, operated within this state shall be regularly paid in full of all wages due them at least once in every fifteen day…

290.095. Wage subsidies, bid supplements, and rebates for employment prohibited, when — violation, penalty. — 1. No contractor or subcontractor may directly or indirectly receive a wage subsidy, bid supplement, or rebate for employment on a public works project if such wage subsi…

290.100. Thirty days' notice of reduction of wages, how. — Any railway, mining, express, telegraph, manufacturing or other company or corporation doing business in this state, and desiring to reduce the wages of its employees, or any of them, shall give to the employees to be aff…

290.110. Payment due discharged employee — exceptions — penalty for delay. — Whenever any person, firm or corporation doing business in this state shall discharge, with or without cause, or refuse to further employ any servant or employee thereof, the unpaid wages of the servant …

290.120. Employee not entitled to benefits, when. — No such servant or employee who secretes or absents himself to avoid payment to him, or refuses to receive the same when fully tendered, shall be entitled to any benefit under sections 290.110 and 290.120 for such time as he so …

290.130. Action by employees for breach of employment contract. — Any such servant or employee whose employment is for a definite period of time, and who is discharged without cause before the expiration of such time, may, in addition to the penalty prescribed by this law, have a…

290.140. Letter of dismissal, when — failure to issue, damages — punitive damages, limitations. — 1. Whenever any employee of any corporation doing business in this state and which employs seven or more employees, who shall have been in the service of said corporation for a perio…

290.145. Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions. — It shall be an improper employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individua…

290.152. Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Employer", any individual, organization, partnership, political subdivision, co…

290.210. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.210 to 290.340, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Collective bargaining agreement", any written agreement or understanding between an employer or employer association and a labor organizati…

290.220. Policy declared. — It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Missouri that a wage of no less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed or the public works contracting minimum wage,…

290.230. Prevailing wage rates required on construction of public works — who is deemed employed upon public works — inapplicability of prevailing wage, when. — 1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages for work of a si…

290.235. On-the-job training periods, use of entry-level workers and apprentices — wages — aggregate limit. — 1. Employers may use entry-level workers and federally registered apprentices for on-the-job training periods. The wage rate for on-the-job training workers shall be equa…

290.240. Department inquiry into complaints — rulemaking authority. — 1. The department shall inquire diligently into complaints regarding any violation of sections 290.210 to 290.340, shall institute actions for penalties herein prescribed, and shall enforce generally the provis…

290.250. Applicable wage rates, incorporation into contracts — failure to pay, penalty — complaints of violation, public body or prime contractor to withhold payment — determination of a violation, investigation required — employer's right to dispute — enforcement proceeding perm…