Efforts are underway to reverse the decision made by Missouri voters in last month's election, which approved increases to the minimum wage.

Business groups have challenged a Missouri constitutional amendment that increases the state’s minimum wage and gives more workers access to paid sick leave.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce says the law violates the requirement that ballot measures only address one issue.

Dan Shaul is Executive State Director of the Missouri Grocers Association. He’s part of the suit that claims Prop A violated constitutional rules because it contained more than a single subject.

Missouri's new law boosting the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for workers should be thrown out because it violated constitutional rules on ballot initiatives, a coalition of Missouri business advocacy groups argued in a lawsuit filed Friday.

In the 2024 election, Missouri voters approved Proposition A, a measure that raises the minimum wage beginning January 1, 2025, and

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, restaurant, and grocers associations want to stop a voter-approved boost to hourly pay and sick days.

The law will increase the state's minimum wage from the current $12.30 an hour to $13.75 in January and $15 in 2026. It gives workers up to seven paid sick days per year starting in May.