Missouri Releases Paid Sick Leave FAQs

The state of Missouri will require paid sick leave beginning on May 1, 2025. The state has released guidance to clarify the paid sick leave law and help employers ensure compliance with the paid sick leave requirements.

The Details

The FAQs help clarify the following under the law:

• Private retail and service businesses whose annual gross volume sales made or business done is less than $500,000 are included in the employers exempt under the law.
  
  
• A year is defined as a regular and consecutive 12-month period as determined by an employer. The guidance provides the example that an employer may choose their “earned paid sick time” benefit year to be accounted for from May 1 to April 30 each year.
  
  
• The FAQs also break down the rate of pay requirements and provide sample calculations. See the guidance for further details.
  
  

Next Steps

Review the FAQs and the paid sick leave requirements to help ensure compliance with Missouri’s paid sick leave law by May 1, 2025.