By Cameron Gerber
Jefferson City News Tribune, October 2, 2024. Also the Fulton Sun
Missourians will vote on a proposal to raise the state's minimum wage next month...
“When you take care of your employees, they stay longer and take good care of your customers. That’s the key to sustaining a successful small business like we have for more than 20 years," Laurie Knowlton, a member of Missouri Business for a Healthy Economy and supporter of the measure, said in a statement. "When businesses don’t pay enough to retain employees, they waste time and money on hiring and training new employees. Productivity, morale and customer service suffer. The ballot initiative’s paid sick time provision is important for similar reasons. If people don’t get time off to take care of themselves when they are sick, we can’t expect them to take as good care of customers.” ...