290.505. Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions. - Missouri Statutes

Overtime compensation, applicable number of hours, exceptions.

290.505. 1. No employer shall employ any of his employees for aworkweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensationfor his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate notless than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.

2. Employees of an amusement or recreation business that meets thecriteria set out in 29 U.S.C. 213(a) (3) must be paid one and one-halftimes their regular compensation for any hours worked in excess offifty-two hours in any one-week period.

3. With the exception of employees described in subsection (2), theovertime requirements of subsection (1) shall not apply to employees whoare exempt from federal minimum wage or overtime requirements including,but not limited to, the exemptions or hour calculation formulas specifiedin 29 U.S.C. Sections 207 and 213, and any regulations promulgatedthereunder.

4. Except as may be otherwise provided under sections 290.500 to290.530, this section shall be interpreted in accordance with the FairLabor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 201, et seq., as amended, and thePortal to Portal Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 251, et seq., as amended, and anyregulations promulgated thereunder.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 3, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1883 merged with H.B. 2041)

Effective 6-25-08 (H.B. 2041)

8-28-08 (H.B. 1883)