In Missouri, no worker may be employed for a workweek longer than 40 hours unless the employee receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate. Employees of amusement or recreation businesses must be paid one and one-half times their regular compensation for any hours worked in a week in excess of 52. Employees who are exempt from state minimum wage requirements are also exempt from overtime requirements.
Effective June 26, 2008, the overtime compensation requirement does not apply to employees who are exempt under the federal minimum wage or overtime requirements. This rule includes employees exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal to Portal Act.