Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights
Section 290.340 - Penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969
290.340. Penalty for violation. — Any officer, official, member, agent or representative of any public body, contractor or subcontractor who willfully violates and omits to comply with any of the provisions and requirements of sections 290.210 to 290.340 shall be punished for each violation thereof by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation or omission continues shall constitute a separate offense as contemplated by this section.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 142)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations

Chapter 290 - Wages, Hours and Dismissal Rights

Section 290.010 - What constitutes a day's labor.

Section 290.020 - Limitation of working hours in certain industries, exception by consent of worker.

Section 290.030 - Penalty.

Section 290.080 - Employees paid semimonthly, exception — statement of deductions — violation, misdemeanor.

Section 290.090 - Factory employees paid semimonthly — amount withheld — penalty.

Section 290.095 - Wage subsidies, bid supplements, and rebates for employment prohibited, when — violation, penalty.

Section 290.100 - Thirty days' notice of reduction of wages, how.

Section 290.110 - Payment due discharged employee — exceptions — penalty for delay.

Section 290.120 - Employee not entitled to benefits, when.

Section 290.130 - Action by employees for breach of employment contract.

Section 290.140 - Letter of dismissal, when — failure to issue, damages — punitive damages, limitations.

Section 290.145 - Discrimination, refusal to hire or discharge employee for alcohol or tobacco use not during working hours, prohibited, exception — not cause for legal actions.

Section 290.152 - Employer response to request for information about current or former employee, contents, requirements, civil immunity, when.

Section 290.210 - Definitions.

Section 290.220 - Policy declared.

Section 290.230 - Prevailing wage rates required on construction of public works — who is deemed employed upon public works — inapplicability of prevailing wage, when.

Section 290.235 - On-the-job training periods, use of entry-level workers and apprentices — wages — aggregate limit.

Section 290.240 - Department inquiry into complaints — rulemaking authority.

Section 290.250 - Applicable wage rates, incorporation into contracts — failure to pay, penalty — complaints of violation, public body or prime contractor to withhold payment — determination of a violation, investigation required — employer's right t...

Section 290.257 - Determination of prevailing wage — annual calculation — final determination, when — occupational titles, applicability.

Section 290.260 - Determination of hourly rate for heavy and highway construction work, when made, where filed, objections, hearing, determination.

Section 290.262 - Determination of hourly rate, certification — objections, hearings — final determination — notice to department by public body, when.

Section 290.263 - Wage rates to equal or exceed federal minimum wage.

Section 290.265 - Wage rates posted, where.

Section 290.270 - Declaration as to wages final — maximum wages and hours not limited.

Section 290.280 - Administration of oaths — subpoenas — enforcement of subpoenas.

Section 290.290 - Contractor's payroll records, contents — affidavit of compliance required — signs on motor vehicles and equipment, requirements — temporary stationary sign, when — exception.

Section 290.300 - Actions for wages by worker authorized.

Section 290.305 - Rebates by workers prohibited, exception.

Section 290.315 - Deductions from wages, agreement to be written, approval of public body required.

Section 290.320 - Advertising for bids before wage rates are determined prohibited.

Section 290.325 - Awarding contract or payment without wage rate determination prohibited.

Section 290.330 - Convicted violators of sections 290.210 to 290.340 listed, effect of.

Section 290.335 - Notice of violation, failure to comply, attorney general shall sue, injunctive relief authorized.

Section 290.340 - Penalty for violation.

Section 290.350 - Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed.

Section 290.360 - Board members — selected, how — officers.

Section 290.370 - Hearing and recommendations of board.

Section 290.380 - Expenses of board members to be paid.

Section 290.400 - Definitions.

Section 290.410 - Employer not to pay female lower wage.

Section 290.420 - Female may register complaint.

Section 290.430 - Labor and industrial relations commission to mediate wage disputes.

Section 290.440 - Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof.

Section 290.450 - Actions to be instituted in circuit court — limitations.

Section 290.460 - Powers and duties of commission.

Section 290.500 - Definitions.

Section 290.502 - Minimum wage rate — increase or decrease, when.

Section 290.505 - Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions.

Section 290.507 - Agriculture, law not applicable.

Section 290.510 - Director may investigate to prove compliance.

Section 290.512 - Gratuities, goods or services as part of wages, effect on minimum wage requirements.

Section 290.515 - Physical or mental deficiency of employee, wage rate, determined by director, how.

Section 290.517 - Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how.

Section 290.520 - Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential.

Section 290.522 - Summary of law and wage rate, employer to post, how.

Section 290.523 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 290.525 - Violations — penalty.

Section 290.527 - Action for underpayment of wages, employee may bring — limitation.

Section 290.528 - Minimum wage and employment benefits, limitations on political subdivisions.

Section 290.529 - Severability clause.

Section 290.530 - Law not to interfere with collective bargaining rights.

Section 290.550 - Definitions.

Section 290.555 - Law to apply to certain projects.

Section 290.560 - Certain laborers to be used on public works projects, when — contract provisions — exceptions.

Section 290.565 - Law not to apply to certain personnel.

Section 290.570 - Federal projects, statutes not enforced, when.

Section 290.575 - Penalties for failure to use certain laborers, when.

Section 290.580 - Department to enforce law — injunctive relief, when.

Section 290.590 - Labor organization membership, dues, and fees not required as condition of employment — definitions — violations, penalty — investigation of complaints — inapplicability, when.