Top Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Employees - Employers' in Missouri

CCS/HCS#2/SS/SCS/SB 718 - This act increases the annual cap on the amount of tax credits the Department of Economic Development may authorize for the Enhanced Enterprise Zone Program from fourteen million dollars to twenty-four million dollars. The fiscal year cap on economic development tax credits that are approved as part of the Neighborhood Assistance Program is increased from four million dollars to six million dollars. The city of Harrisonville is authorized to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to one half of one percent for the operation of public safety departments including employee compensation, pension programs, health care, employment of additional police officers, and additional equipment and facilities. The city of Raytown is authorized to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to one half of one percent for the purpose of improving public safety in the city, including expenditures on equipment, city employee salaries and benefits, and facilities for [...]

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HCS/SCS/SB 901 - The Committee on Legislative Research shall form a committee to present quarterly reports on the Second Injury Fund. Beginning August 28, 2008, no claim for permanent partial disability shall be made against the Second Injury Fund. All rights to compensation for permanent total disability shall cease upon the death of the injured employee. Only accrued benefits for permanent total disability will be paid to dependents upon their death. Permanent total disability payments shall cease when the employee is able to compete for employment in the open labor market or returns to work. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission shall retain jurisdiction in the case during the lifetime of an employee who has received an award for permanent total disability. The Second Injury Fund is renamed the Veterans and Permanent Total Disability Fund. Currently, the Treasurer with advice and consent of the Attorney General may enter into settlement agreements for claims against [...]

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SCS/SB 929 - This act bars employers with 5 or more employees from knowingly misclassifying employees. Employers must submit federal IRS 1099-MISC forms to the Department of Revenue and penalties for failing to do so are provided. The Attorney General has the power to investigate alleged misclassifications and enforce the section. A process is established by which the Department of Labor may receive complaints and forward them to the Attorney General if they decide the complaint has merit. The state carries the burden of proving that the employer misclassified the worker and there is a rebuttable presumption that an unauthorized alien is an employee under the act and shall be treated so if the employer cannot produce an I-9 form verifying the legal status of the worker or other forms verifying the individual is an independent contractor. Injunctions may be sought and employers shall be charged $50 per day per misclassified worker up to a maximum of $50,000 for violations. Penalties are [...]

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SB 1046 - Under this act, the employment-at-will doctrine shall not control when elements of a whistle-blower cause of action for wrongful discharge are established. This cause of action is established if an employee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee reported to the proper authorities conduct that the employee had a good faith and reasonable belief violated a statute, constitutional provision, or regulation and a clearly mandated public policy; the employee was discharged; and the act of reporting was the exclusive factor in the discharge. Similarly, the employment-at-will doctrine shall not control when elements of a refusal to commit an illegal act cause of action for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy are established. This cause of action is established if an employee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the employer directed the employee to perform conduct that would, if completed, violate a statute, constitutional provision, or [...]

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