UPDATE : A group of business organizations has filed a petition with the Missouri Supreme Court challenging the validity of Proposition A, a November ballot measure that creates a statewide paid sick and safe time law effective May 1, Generally, the law applies to an individual employed in Missouri, but contains numerous exceptions some of which are more unique among paid sick time laws :.
Additionally, there will be a temporary exemption for employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement CBA in effect as of November 5, , i. The law does not allow employers to impose a waiting period before employees can use paid sick time; once an employee accrues leave, they can use it. Employees can use leave in the smaller of hourly increments or the smallest increment that the employer's payroll system uses to account for absences or use of other time. Otherwise, when employment begins or on May 1, — whichever is later — employees must accrue one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked.
The law assumes that overtime-exempt executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees work a hour-per-week schedule, but if their typical workweek involves fewer than 40 hours they accrue leave according to their normal schedule.
The law is silent concerning whether employers can cap annual or overall accrual. However, the law does allow small employers to limit annual use to 40 hours, and other employers can limit annual use to 56 hours. It also allows employers to limit carryover from year to year to 80 hours. The law does not expressly allow employers to frontload a specific number of paid sick time hours annually in order to avoid carryover requirements.
For unforeseeable absences, employers can require employees to provide notice as soon as practicable. If an employer chooses to require such notice for unforeseeable absences, it must provide a written policy explaining those procedures. If employers do not provide employees a copy of the policy, they cannot deny leave use due to noncompliance with the policy.
