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Chapter 290

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 290

Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights

290.010What constitutes a day's labor 290.020Limitation of working hours in certain industries, exception by consent of worker 290.030Penalty 290.080Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor 290.090Factory employees paid semimonthly — amount withheld — penalty 290.095Wage subsidies, bid supplements, and rebates for employment prohibited, when — violation, penalty 290.100Thirty days' notice of reduction of wages, how 290.110Payment due discharged employee — exceptions — penalty for delay 290.120Employee not entitled to benefits, when 290.130Action by employees for breach of employment contract 290.140Letter of dismissal, when — failure to issue, damages — punitive damages, limitations 290.145Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions 290.152Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when 290.210Definitions 290.220Policy declared 290.230Prevailing wage rates required on construction of public works — who is deemed employed upon public works — inapplicability of prevailing wage, when 290.235On-the-job training periods, use of entry-level workers and apprentices — wages — aggregate limit 290.240Department inquiry into complaints — rulemaking authority 290.250Applicable 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 permitted, when 290.257Determination of prevailing wage — annual calculation — final determination, when — occupational titles, applicability 290.260Determination of hourly rate for heavy and highway construction work, when made, where filed, objections, hearing, determination 290.262Determination of hourly rate, certification — objections, hearings — final determination — notice to department by public body, when 290.263Wage rates to equal or exceed federal minimum wage 290.265Wage rates posted, where 290.270Declaration as to wages final — maximum wages and hours not limited 290.280Administration of oaths — subpoenas — enforcement of subpoenas 290.290Contractor's payroll records, contents — affidavit of compliance required — signs on motor vehicles and equipment, requirements — temporary stationary sign, when — exception 290.300Actions for wages by worker authorized 290.305Rebates by workers prohibited, exception 290.315Deductions from wages, agreement to be written, approval of public body required 290.320Advertising for bids before wage rates are determined prohibited 290.325Awarding contract or payment without wage rate determination prohibited 290.330Convicted violators of sections 290.210 to 290.340 listed, effect of 290.335Notice of violation, failure to comply, attorney general shall sue, injunctive relief authorized 290.340Penalty for violation 290.350Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed 290.360Board members — selected, how — officers 290.370Hearing and recommendations of board 290.380Expenses of board members to be paid 290.400Definitions 290.410Employer not to pay female lower wage 290.420Female may register complaint 290.430Labor and industrial relations commission to mediate wage disputes 290.440Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof 290.450Actions to be instituted in circuit court — limitations 290.460Powers and duties of commission 290.500Definitions 290.502Minimum wage rate — increase or decrease, when 290.505Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions 290.507Agriculture, law not applicable 290.510Director may investigate to prove compliance 290.512Gratuities, goods or services as part of wages, effect on minimum wage requirements 290.515Physical or mental deficiency of employee, wage rate, determined by director, how 290.517Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how 290.520Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential 290.522Summary of law and wage rate, employer to post, how 290.523Rulemaking authority 290.525Violations — penalty 290.527Action for underpayment of wages, employee may bring — limitation 290.528Minimum wage and employment benefits, limitations on political subdivisions 290.529Severability clause 290.530Law not to interfere with collective bargaining rights 290.550Definitions 290.555Law to apply to certain projects 290.560Certain laborers to be used on public works projects, when — contract provisions — exceptions 290.565Law not to apply to certain personnel 290.570Federal projects, statutes not enforced, when 290.575Penalties for failure to use certain laborers, when 290.580Department to enforce law — injunctive relief, when 290.590Labor organization membership, dues, and fees not required as condition of employment — definitions — violations, penalty — investigation of complaints — inapplicability, when