Moon rises over the afternoon sun-lit Missouri state capitol building in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After the Republican-led Legislature in 2017 blocked St. Louis and Kansas City from raising wages in those cities, voters in 2018 approved a statewide minimum wage hike.
Under that plan, the wage floor — then $7.85 an hour — rose by 85 cents per year until it hit $12 in 2023. Pay rose again this year because of automatic increases tied to inflation.
The latest proposal also includes a requirement that workers get paid sick leave.
Employees currently not guaranteed sick days would earn an hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked under the measure.
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Businesses with fewer employees would be required to allow a minimum of five paid sick days per year, and larger companies would be required to offer at least seven paid sick days.
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