Employment Preemption in Missouri (2026)

4 rules on the books across Missouri, 1 city or county. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Minimum Wage Preemption

Whether your state prevents cities from setting a higher local minimum wage, and what the statewide wage floor is.

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local minimum wage ordinances, requiring cities and counties to follow the state minimum…

Missouri §285.055 bars cities like St. Louis from setting a minimum wage above the state floor, ending the city's 2017…

Whether your state blocks cities from mandating paid sick leave or paid family leave for private employers.

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local paid-leave and employment-benefit mandates. Voters approved statewide paid sick…

State limits on local "predictive scheduling" or "fair workweek" ordinances that would require advance notice of shifts.

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local regulation of employer wages and employment benefits, so cities and counties…