Section 290.120 – Employee not entitled to benefits, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 290.120. Employee not entitled to benefits, when. — No such servant or employee who secretes or absents himself to avoid payment to him, or refuses to receive the same when fully tendered, shall be entitled to any benefit under sections 290.110 and 290.120 for such time as he so avoids […]
Section 290.130 – Action by employees for breach of employment contract.
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 290.130. Action by employees for breach of employment contract. — Any such servant or employee whose employment is for a definite period of time, and who is discharged without cause before the expiration of such time, may, in addition to the penalty prescribed by this law, have an action against […]
Section 290.140 – Letter of dismissal, when — failure to issue, damages — punitive damages, limitations.
Effective – 28 Aug 1982 290.140. Letter of dismissal, when — failure to issue, damages — punitive damages, limitations. — 1. Whenever any employee of any corporation doing business in this state and which employs seven or more employees, who shall have been in the service of said corporation for a period of at least […]
Section 290.145 – Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions.
Effective – 28 Aug 2006, 2 histories 290.145. Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions. — It shall be an improper employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individual, or to otherwise […]
Section 290.152 – Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 290.152. Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Employer”, any individual, organization, partnership, political subdivision, corporation or other legal entity which has or had in the entity’s employ […]
Section 290.210 – Definitions.
Effective – 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories 290.210. Definitions. — As used in sections 290.210 to 290.340, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Collective bargaining agreement”, any written agreement or understanding between an employer or employer association and a labor organization or union which is the exclusive bargaining representative of […]
Section 290.010 – What constitutes a day’s labor.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 290.010. What constitutes a day’s labor. — From and after the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the period of eight hours shall be and constitute a legal day’s work; but nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent parties to any […]
Section 290.020 – Limitation of working hours in certain industries, exception by consent of worker.
Effective – 28 Aug 1981 290.020. Limitation of working hours in certain industries, exception by consent of worker. — It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, company or corporation engaged in carrying on any kind of mining, mechanical, chemical manufacturing or smelting business, to work their employees in any mill or mills, […]
Section 290.030 – Penalty.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 290.030. Penalty. — Any person or persons, company or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of section 290.020 shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 10168) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13207; 1919 […]
Section 290.080 – Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor.
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 290.080. Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor. — All corporations doing business in this state, and all persons operating railroads or railroad shops in this state, shall pay the wages and salaries of their employees as often as semimonthly, within sixteen days of the close […]