Proposition A passes, will raise minimum wage to $15 an hour and mandate sick leave

Missouri voters passed Proposition A, which will raise the state’s minimum wage and mandate sick leave for all employees. 

The current minimum wage of 12-30 an hour will go up next year to 13-75 an hour, then to 15 dollars an hour in 2026. 

Missouri’s minimum wage will also be adjusted each year after that, based on the consumer price index. 

Alejandro Gallardo is a restaurant worker in Columbia who helped promote the campaign for Prop A:

“Most workers in the restaurant industry and in a lot of the customer service industries don’t make what the minimum wage would be under this new law.”

The new law, which takes effect January first, will also require employers with at least 15 employees to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. 

State and local governments, political subdivisions, school districts, and colleges are exempted from the new law.