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Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H) Bill Text
HB 1318 - DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION - Davis, Cynthia L.
Specifies that an employer will be immune from civil liability for providing information on an employee's job performance unless a lack of good faith is shown
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee Bill Text
HB 1319 - CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS OF STUDENTS - Brown, Michael R.
Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H) Bill Text
HB 1381 - EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS - Kraus, Will
Prohibits the employment of an unauthorized alien in Missouri
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1424 - OVERTIME COMPENSATION - St. Onge, Neal C.
Re-enacts the federal overtime standards in effect prior to the passage of Proposition B (2006) regarding the minimum wage increase
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H) Bill Text
HB 1434 - EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS - Wildberger, Edward
Requires individuals or businesses convicted of knowingly accepting any state-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement, or loan while employing illegal aliens to repay the amount to the state
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 1439 - OVERTIME COMPENSATION - Roorda, Jeff
Re-enacts the federal overtime standards in effect prior to the passage of Proposition B (2006) regarding the minimum wage increase
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Read Second Time (H) Bill Text
HB 1448 - FIRE EMPLOYEE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS - Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee Bill TextCCS/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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee Bill TextSB 741 - This act allows small employers to join the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan. For purposes of the act, the term small employer means an employer who employed an average of at least one but not more than fifty persons during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least one person on the first day of the plan year. A small employer includes a sole proprietor and a partner of a partnership. The state health care plan shall maintain a separate benefit trust fund account for premium payments and other income received from small employers. This act is identical to SB 267 (2007), SB 593 (2006), SB 277 (2005) and HB 1412 (1998). STEPHEN WITTE
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee Bill TextSB 742 - This act prohibits employers from paying any employee lower wages than those paid to employees of the opposite gender for the same work. Under the act, employees may bring a civil cause of action against employers who engage in such a discriminatory practice. Wage payment differentials based on merit systems, regional economic factors, factors that measure pay due to output, or other bona fide factors other than gender, are not actionable. Varying local market rates are not bona fide factors under the act. Employers cannot reduce wages to comply with this act or retaliate against employees that seek the legal protections from retaliation provided by this act. If employers retaliate, employees can recover actual and compensatory damages Remedies for any unlawful gender-based pay practices include: actual and compensatory damages, injunction, and recovery of court costs and attorneys fees. This act abolishes the six-month statute of limitations for filing an action for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H) Bill Text
HB 2565 - HEALTHY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACT - Frame, Michael
Establishes the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Act which requires all employers to provide sick leave for employees
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H) Bill Text
HB 2562 - EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS - Darrough, Bruce
Prohibits employment agreements that require an employee to assign rights in an invention to the employer under certain situations
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H) Bill Text
HB 2564 - ILLEGAL ALIENS - Parkinson, Mark A.
Establishes the Missouri Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act regarding illegal aliens in the state
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H) Bill Text
HB 2485 - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Low, Beth
Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H) Bill Text
HB 2472 - ORGANIZED LABOR - Robb, Ed
Specifies that any aerospace and automobile manufacturing plants locating in Missouri will not be required to utilize organized labor for the operation of the plant
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2438 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS - Schoeller, Shane
Disqualifies waiting week credit and benefits for claimants who are discharged for providing false information on an employment application regarding criminal convictions or job qualifications
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2399 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM TRAINING - Lembke, Jim
Requires contractors of certain public works projects to provide their employees with an approved 10-hour federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Construction Safety Program
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2387 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM TRAINING - Roorda, Jeff
Requires contractors of certain public works projects to provide their employees with an approved 10-hour federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Construction Safety Program
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H) Bill Text
HB 2362 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION - Jones, Timothy W.
Changes the laws regarding unemployment compensation
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2349 - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS - Darrough, Bruce
Requires the State Board of Mediation to investigate a petition filed by a labor organization alleging that an employee unit wishes to be represented by that labor organization
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