Paid Leave

Proposition A would increase Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2026 and requires private employers to provide paid sick leave. This is the third time Missouri voters have increased the minimum wage since 2006.

Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages held a Jefferson City rally as it submitted 210,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.

The Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act requires employers to provide five paid days off per year that can be used for any reason. City employees not covered by union already earned one week of vacation and 104 hours of sick time per year.

Illinois workers previously have not been guaranteed paid time off for sick leave, child care, medical appointments or any other reason.