Missouri Updates Paid Sick Leave FAQs

The state of Missouri requires employers to provide paid sick leave and has further updated its guidance to clarify the paid sick leave law and help employers comply with the requirements.

The details

The updated FAQs clarify the following under the law:

• Employees are entitled up to 80 hours of “earned paid sick time” rolling over to the next 12- month period. Alternatively, an employer may pay out up to 80 hours of an employee’s accrued “earned paid sick time” benefit at the end of each 12-month period and provide the employee with an amount of “earned paid sick time” that meets the requirements of the law available for the employee’s immediate use at the beginning of the subsequent year; and
  
  
• Only hours an employee (any individual employed in Missouri by an employer) worked in Missouri accrue earned paid sick time.
  

Next steps

Review the FAQs to help ensure compliance with Missouri’s paid sick leave law.