Bill > HB2554

This bill modifies the definition of "employee" in the Missouri state labor laws, specifically changing the exemption threshold for minimum wage requirements for retail or service businesses. Currently, businesses with annual gross sales under $500,000 are exempt from minimum wage requirements, but the bill raises this threshold to $11.1 million. Starting in 2028, this threshold will be automatically adjusted annually based on inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The bill also provides additional clarifications about who qualifies as an "employee" under the law, maintaining existing exemptions for various categories such as executive or administrative workers, volunteers in nonprofit organizations, certain seasonal workers, casual laborers, commissioned sales workers, and individuals employed in specific government or correctional facility positions. The bill preserves provisions about learners and apprentices, allowing individuals under 20 to be classified as learners for up to three months (or six months in some cases) while they train for a particular job, with the intent of preventing employers from using this classification to avoid paying standard wages.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2554&year=2026&code=R