The Missouri Department of Labor announces the state minimum wage rate for 2019 has been established, according to state law, at $8.60, effective January 1, 2019.
All private businesses are required to pay at minimum, the $8.60 hourly rate, except retail and service businesses whose annual gross sales are less than $500,000. Pursuant to Proposition B, which was approved by Missouri voters November 6, 2018, the minimum wage will increase 85 cents per hour each year through 2023. Missouri law does not apply to public employers, nor does it allow the state’s minimum wage rate to be lower than the federal minimum wage rate.
Compensation for tipped employees must also total at least $8.60 per hour. Employers are required to pay tipped employees at least 50 percent of the minimum wage, plus any amount necessary to bring the employee’s total compensation to a minimum of $8.60 per hour.
A printable version of the updated poster is available for businesses at labor.mo.gov/posters.
To learn more about minimum wage, visit labor.mo.gov/DLS/MinimumWage.
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Bout time for them. Not sure what they are going to do with all that money, but I am sure the republicans will find a way to take it away or cut their hours to prevent them getting rich. This is absolutely insane expecting people to make a go of it on these wages. Ten dollars would have been the best start with a solid rate of inflation increase with a bonus thrown in to make sure it, $15 an hour, was achieved by 2021. Again, economics tells us that for every dollar spent it returns about 7-8 in the local economy which spells more sales and more workers needed. Stupid is best way to describe it.
"Compensation for tipped employees must also total at least $8.60 per hour. Employers are required to pay tipped employees at least 50 percent of the minimum wage, plus any amount necessary to bring the employee’s total compensation to a minimum of $8.60 per hour."
So, does that mean, if I do not tip at a restaurant, the server will still make at least minimum wage? If so, why do we need to tip?
Absolutely stupid. Take an economics course. Sit back and watch the missouri economy tank, layoffs begin, and prices skyrocket as business cut back to regain their profits. Minimum wage is an entry level job. If you want a better job, work for it. If you are trying to support a family on it, go look in the mirror. That's your fault.
1:58 has not one idea how the economy works. Raise minimum wage and the cost of everything goes up or jobs are eliminated. Businesses do not just absorb increase in costs, they pass it on. The only thing increasing minimum wage does it make people feel better when they say they make more money because all their expenses go up and they end up in worse shape. Look at Seattle for a model of what increases do.
The true minimum wage is $0, and if the value of your labor is below the official government's minimum, you'll never get hired. Which as noted in this discussion prevents a lot of people from getting into the workforce, "entry level" jobs are a critical thing. This law will steadily decrease the number of them in the state, nothing good will come from it aside from a few sugar highs some people will get until the company they're working for lets them go, closes down their location, or just goes out of business. As also noted elsewhere, we're already seeing this in cities like Seattle, and now we're going to try this proven bad "experiment" statewide!
"Look at Seattle".. ok, so you're saying you don't want it to be a success like it is there?
Also, years of cost of living increases and no increase in minimum wage is stupid, we finally rectified that.
All you armchair economists are full of it.
8:46, you are another person who fails to see the big picture. Seattle's raising of its minimum wage is not a success. A simple Google search will provide you with all the info you need on that topic. Raising the minimum wage does nothing except smashes the middle class and lower class incomes closer together by lowering the middle class's earnings. As stated, businesses and corporations do not absorb increased expense, they pass it on. Wages could go up 50% but the cost off living will increase at least the same, so there is no gain for those earning the minimum. Those who make above minimum currently will not see the same increase in their pay but they will feel the increase in cost of living to subsidize the new minimum wage.
Seattle a success?
Here's an idea..... If you do not want to work for minimum wage, then get a got damn education. But there is no reason why minimum can't be $10.00! It's $10.00 an hour where I live.
Show me some links from credible sources showing Seattle is failing.
Seems I'll be waiting awhile.
Show me some where it says it's a success?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/06/28/seattle-reveals-the-ugly-truth-about-the-15-minimum-wage-movement/#6e49a51e62dc
I am sure this isnt credible because it disagrees with the idea of Seattle being Utopia due to a $15 an minimum wage.
Not that this debate matters because what is done is done but like someone else posted here, an education and hard work would do more for the human spirit than another forced entitlement. Why would anyone think that serving fries would be a good career path to try and support a family?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/11/what-does-a-15-minimum-wage-do-to-the-economy-economists-are-starting-to-find-out/?utm_term=.9374e56cb03e
Let me help out with another article. This one touches on California too. Higher unemployment and reduced hours are mentioned. Although the liberal slant of the article is that more research is needed.
10:43, seems like 6:29 has been waiting longer than you...
And that debate ended quickly.
10:43, still waiting for a response from you
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