Bill > HB715

This bill repeals existing provisions related to paid sick leave and minimum wage increases in Missouri, effectively rolling back recent labor regulations. Specifically, the bill eliminates requirements for employers to provide earned paid sick time and reverts the state minimum wage back to earlier levels. The minimum wage would return to $6.50 per hour (as it was in 2007) instead of the previously planned increase to $13.75, with subsequent annual increases now canceled. The bill removes all detailed provisions about paid sick leave, including definitions of employee rights, accrual rates, and permitted uses of sick time. Public employers are explicitly exempted from the previous sick leave requirements. By repealing these sections of Missouri law, the bill essentially eliminates the paid sick leave mandate and minimum wage increases that were previously scheduled to take effect, returning to earlier wage and leave standards. The legislation appears designed to reduce labor regulations and potentially lower labor costs for employers by removing mandatory sick leave and planned wage increases.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB715&year=2025&code=R