Under Proposition A, workers at businesses with receipts greater than $500,000 a year could accrue at least one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked. Workers could earn up to 40 hours of leave a year at smaller businesses and 56 hours at larger companies. The measure made sick leave guaranteed for 728,000 workers who lacked it statewide, or over 1 in 3 Missouri workers, according to an analysis from the progressive nonprofit the Missouri Budget Project.
Paid sick leave laws covering private employers have been enacted in 18 states, with voters in Nebraska and Alaska joining Missouri in November in approving the new benefits.
Missouri is the first state to fully repeal a voter-approved paid sick leave law.
