Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 285 - Employers and Employees Generally
Section 285.515 - Penalties for violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008
285.515. Penalties for violations. — If a court determines that an employer has knowingly misclassified a worker, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the state and award penalties in the amount of fifty dollars per day per misclassified worker up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars. The attorney general may enter into a consent judgment with any person alleged to have violated sections 285.500 to 285.515.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1549, et al.)

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations

Chapter 285 - Employers and Employees Generally

Section 285.010 - List to be furnished municipalities levying an earnings tax — request, how made — contents of list — exception.

Section 285.015 - Lists to be confidential.

Section 285.020 - Penalty for violation of sections 285.010 to 285.020.

Section 285.025 - Employers of illegal aliens ineligible for state economic incentives, right of appeal, criminal penalties.

Section 285.035 - Microchip technology, employer not to require employees to be implanted — violation, penalty.

Section 285.040 - Public safety employees — residency requirements (City of St. Louis).

Section 285.100 - Willful failure to pay a misdemeanor.

Section 285.105 - Employee retirement or welfare plan defined.

Section 285.110 - Penalty for violation of sections 285.100 to 285.110.

Section 285.125 - Reduced health care premiums for nonsmokers permitted.

Section 285.200 - Ride-sharing arrangement, defined — liability for injury to participants — special taxes prohibited — travel time as work hours — use of government vehicles — registration of vehicle — license plates.

Section 285.230 - Transient employers, defined, bonding requirements — exceptions — specific requirements — penalties — records to be kept, how — discontinuance in activity, notice to director of revenue — inapplicability to certain out-of-state busi...

Section 285.232 - Construction contractors, who are transient employers, proof and financial assurance required — list of contractors to be published — inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses.

Section 285.233 - Transient employers not filing financial assurance, escrow requirements — failure of political subdivision or private entity to escrow funds, penalties — transient employer not in compliance with law, writ of attachment or injunctio...

Section 285.234 - Transient employer to post notice of registration for income tax withholding, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance, violation, penalty — inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses.

Section 285.235 - Definitions.

Section 285.237 - Certain job openings and training, priorities for veterans — annual report by state agencies — duties of certain state agencies.

Section 285.240 - Federal earned income credit, employer duties.

Section 285.250 - Hiring preference for veterans and spouses of disabled or deceased veterans, nonpublic employers.

Section 285.300 - Withholding form, completion required — forwarding to state agencies — state directory of new hires, cross-check of unemployment compensation recipients — compliance by employers with employees in two or more states.

Section 285.302 - Failure of employer to submit certain information, penalty.

Section 285.304 - Content of withholding forms.

Section 285.306 - Failure to complete form, penalty.

Section 285.308 - False statement, penalty.

Section 285.309 - Federal 1099 forms, certain employers required to submit to department — fine for failure to report.

Section 285.500 - Definitions.

Section 285.503 - Misclassification of workers by employers, failure to claim worker as employee — attorney general may investigate, powers.

Section 285.506 - State to have burden of proof.

Section 285.512 - Attorney general may seek injunction, when.

Section 285.515 - Penalties for violations.

Section 285.525 - Definitions.

Section 285.530 - Employment of unauthorized aliens prohibited — federal work authorization program, requirements for participation in — liability of contractors and subcontractors.

Section 285.535 - Attorney general to enforce — action to be initiated, when — complaint procedures — verification of status required — violations, corrective actions, penalties.

Section 285.540 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 285.543 - Database to be maintained.

Section 285.550 - Failure to suspend a business permit, city or county deemed to have adopted a sanctuary policy.

Section 285.555 - Discontinuance of federal work authorization program, effect of.

Section 285.575 - Citation of law — definitions — at-will employment doctrine codified — protected persons, prohibited discharge — action for damages, when, remedies.

Section 285.625 - Definitions.

Section 285.630 - Unpaid leave provided, when — amount of leave — notice by employee — certification requirements — confidentiality — written statement.

Section 285.635 - Group health coverage during leave — recovery of premiums, when — certification for inability to return to work — confidentiality.

Section 285.650 - Safety accommodations — inapplicability, when.

Section 285.665 - Notice to employees summarizing requirements for leave due to domestic or sexual violence.

Section 285.670 - Federal, state, or local law, effect on.

Section 285.700 - Citation of law — secretary of state to enforce.

Section 285.705 - Definitions.

Section 285.710 - Collective bargaining agreements, existing contracts, licensing requirements not impacted by act — government benefits, employees are employees of client only.

Section 285.715 - Registration required — application, contents — initial registration, renewal — reporting requirements, satisfied how — limited registration, when — list of organizations — electronic filing — confidentiality of records.

Section 285.720 - Fees.

Section 285.725 - Working capital or bond requirements.

Section 285.730 - Rights of client and PEO — employer agreements, contents — notice requirements — liability — PEO not engaged in sale of insurance — political subdivisions, taxes.

Section 285.740 - Workers' compensation requirements.

Section 285.750 - Prohibited acts — disciplinary action, when — sanctions.