Sunday didn’t just ring in the new year: It also marked an increase of Missouri’s minimum wage to $12 an hour, up from $11.15 last year. Kansas’ minimum wage has stayed at the federal level of $7.25 per hour.
Missouri’s increase marks the final step of a multi-year plan to raise the state’s minimum wage that began when voters approved it in 2018. Moving forward, the minimum wage will increase and decrease at the same rate as inflation. Here’s what to know about the new minimum wage law.
The $12 per hour minimum wage requirement applies to private businesses that make an annual gross income of more than $500,000.
This means that public employees who work for city, state or municipal governments can still be paid under $12 an hour. Employees of small private companies that bring in income of under $500,000 are also exempt.
Tipped employees are required to make $12 an hour when tips are included. Their employers must pay them at least half of this amount, or $6 an hour. If tips don’t make up the difference, employers must provide extra wages to total $12 an hour.
Missouri state law defines a “tipped employee” as “any employee who regularly and customarily receives and retains compensation in the form of gratuities in addition to wages.”
“As a family business, we’re glad to see Missouri’s minimum wage going up for the new year,” said Andy Faucett, owner of Bambinos restaurant in Springfield, Missouri. “It’s an investment in Missouri...
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