HB 2485 -- Equal Employment Practices

Sponsor:  Low (39)

This bill requires employers to annually provide a written
statement informing each employee of his or her job title, wage
rate, and how the wage rate was calculated.  The employee notice
is to be supplemented whenever the employee is promoted or
reassigned.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is required to
establish forms and procedures for employers to submit certain
job information, protect the confidentiality of the acquired
information, and compile and publish any reports it deems
appropriate on the submitted information.

The department director must appoint a nine-member commission to
be known as the Equal Pay Commission.  The commission's
membership requirements are specified in the bill.  The
commission is required to study and identify wage disparities
between the public and private sectors, men and women, and
minorities and nonminorities as well as the causes, consequences,
and needed legislation to correct the disparities.  The
commission must report its findings and recommendations to the
department director within 12 months of its formation who will
transmit it to the Governor.

The bill requires equal pay for equal work regardless of gender.
No employer may discharge or take any adverse action or otherwise
discriminate against any individual because he or she opposed any
unlawful act or practice or participated in an investigation,
hearing, or other proceeding regarding the provisions of the
bill.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm