Proposition A faces legal challenges, leaving employers and employees on unsteady ground
An overwhelming majority of Missouri voters cast their ballots in favor of a measure that would compel employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. Now a legal challenge brought by the measure’s opponents will be heard before the state’s highest court.
Proposition A — a ballot measure that passed with nearly 58 percent of the vote — raises the state’s minimum wage and institutes paid sick leave requirements. Despite its looming deadline for implementation, it is now facing legal challenges that will be heard before the state’s Supreme Court in March.
For advocates like Richard von Glahn, policy director with Missouri Jobs with Justice and an intervenor in the ongoing suit against the proposition, the new law is a milestone in terms of providing a living wage and fair leave policies for the state’s workers.
Missouri Jobs with Justice was one of the key leaders of the movement to put Proposition A on the ballot.
“We had hundreds of members all across the state gather over 100,000 signatures and put the issue on the ballot, knocked over 100,000 doors in the lead up to the election, because we want, we believe, we should have an economy that works for everyone, regardless of your zip code, your race, your gender or any other characteristics people might have,” von Glahn said. “That wasn’t happening for many Missourians.”
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