Title XVIII — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

290.257. Determination of prevailing wage — annual calculation — final determination, when — occupational titles, applicability. — 1. (1) In determining the prevailing wage rate, the department shall accept and consider information submitted in either paper or electronic format r…

290.260. Determination of hourly rate for heavy and highway construction work, when made, where filed, objections, hearing, determination. — 1. The department, as it deems necessary, shall from time to time investigate and determine the prevailing hourly rate of wages for heavy a…

290.262. Determination of hourly rate, certification — objections, hearings — final determination — notice to department by public body, when. — 1. A certified copy of any initial wage determinations made pursuant to section 290.257 shall be filed immediately with the secretary o…

290.263. Wage rates to equal or exceed federal minimum wage. — The wage rates required to be paid to workers upon public works pursuant to sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall not be less than the minimum wage specified under Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, …

290.265. Wage rates posted, where. — A clearly legible statement of all wage rates required to be paid to all workers employed in order to execute the contract and employed on the construction of the public works shall be kept posted in a prominent and easily accessible place at …

290.270. Declaration as to wages final — maximum wages and hours not limited. — The finding of the department ascertaining and declaring the prevailing hourly rate of wages and the public works contracting minimum wage shall be final for the locality, unless reviewed under the pr…

290.280. Administration of oaths — subpoenas — enforcement of subpoenas. — The authorized representative of the department may administer oaths, take or cause to be taken the depositions of witnesses, and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the produ…

290.290. Contractor's payroll records, contents — affidavit of compliance required — signs on motor vehicles and equipment, requirements — temporary stationary sign, when — exception. — 1. The contractor and each subcontractor engaged in any construction of public works shall kee…

290.300. Actions for wages by worker authorized. — Any worker employed by the contractor or by any subcontractor under the contractor who shall be paid for his or her services in a sum less than the stipulated rates for work done under the contract, shall have a right of action f…

290.305. Rebates by workers prohibited, exception. — No person, firm or corporation shall violate the wage provisions of any contract contemplated in sections 290.210 to 290.340 or suffer or require any employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, or violate any of …

290.315. Deductions from wages, agreement to be written, approval of public body required. — All contractors and subcontractors subject to sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall make full payment of the required wages in legal tender, without any deduction for food, sleeping accommoda…

290.320. Advertising for bids before wage rates are determined prohibited. — No public body, officer, official, member, agent or representative authorized to contract for public works shall fail, before advertising for bids or contracting for such construction, to have the depart…

290.325. Awarding contract or payment without wage rate determination prohibited. — No public body, officer, official, member, agent or representative thereof authorized to contract for public works shall award a contract for the construction of such improvement or disburse any f…

290.330. Convicted violators of sections 290.210 to 290.340 listed, effect of. — The department after investigation, upon complaint made by an interested party listed under section 290.240 or upon its own initiative, shall file with the secretary of state a list of the contractor…

290.335. Notice of violation, failure to comply, attorney general shall sue, injunctive relief authorized. — If it is found that a public body, contractor or subcontractor has not complied with any of the terms of sections 290.210 to 290.340, the department shall give notice of t…

290.340. Penalty for violation. — Any officer, official, member, agent or representative of any public body, contractor or subcontractor who willfully violates and omits to comply with any of the provisions and requirements of sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall be punished for eac…

290.350. Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed. — Whenever a dispute exists concerning wages, hours of labor, or conditions of employment of members of a paid fire department of any county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit having a p…

290.360. Board members — selected, how — officers. — The board shall consist of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit involved, and shall be qualified voters of the county,…

290.370. Hearing and recommendations of board. — The board shall conduct hearings, with dispatch, for the purpose of hearing evidence relevant to the subject of the dispute, and shall, as soon as practicable, report its findings and recommendations in writing to the chief executi…

290.380. Expenses of board members to be paid. — Members of the board shall serve without compensation. All necessary expenses of any hearing conducted by the board members, certified to by all the members of the board, shall be paid by the county, city, town, fire district, or o…

290.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.400 to 290.450 the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Commission", the labor and industrial relations commission of Missouri; (2) "Employee", every woman or man in receipt…

290.410. Employer not to pay female lower wage. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no employer shall pay any female in his employ at wage rates less than the wage rates paid to male employees in the same establishment for the same quantity and quality of the same …

290.420. Female may register complaint. — Any affected female employee may register with the commission a complaint that the wages paid to her are less than the wages to which she is entitled under sections 290.400 to 290.450. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 416 § 4)

290.430. Labor and industrial relations commission to mediate wage disputes. — The commission shall take all proceedings necessary to mediate the dispute concerning the payment of any sums alleged to be due and unpaid to the female employees. The commission shall have the power t…

[Repealed or reserved.]

290.450. Actions to be instituted in circuit court — limitations. — Any action based upon or arising under sections 290.400 to 290.450 shall be instituted in the circuit court within six months after the date of the alleged violation, but in no event shall any employer be liable …

290.460. Powers and duties of commission. — The commission shall carry on a continuing program of education, information, study, and community organization concerning the problems of female employees in seeking, obtaining and holding employment without discrimination on account o…

290.500. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.500 to 290.530, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Agriculture", farming and all its branches including, but not limited to, the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvest…

290.502. Minimum wage rate — increase or decrease, when. — 1. Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to sections 290.500 to 290.530, effective January 1, 2007, every employer shall pay to each employee wages at the rate of $6.50 per hour, or wages at the same rate or rates …

290.505. Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions. — 1. No employer shall employ any of his employees for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not les…

290.507. Agriculture, law not applicable. — Sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall not apply to any employee or employer engaged in agriculture, as defined in section 290.500 (A) if such employee is employed by an employer who did not, during any calendar quarter during the preceding …

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 …