MO SB647

Requires employers to provide written notice to each employee upon hire and annually thereafter detailing job title, wage rate, and wage calculation method.

Prohibits employers from paying employees of one gender less than employees of the opposite gender for equal work requiring equal skill, effort, responsibility, and similar working conditions.

Allows wage differentials based on seniority systems, production quality/quantity, bona fide factors other than gender, or regional economic differentials, but not on varying market rates for equal jobs.

Establishes a 9-member Equal Pay Commission within 90 days to study wage disparities between genders and minorities/non-minorities in public and private sectors and recommend legislative solutions within 12 months.

Provides remedies for violations including unpaid wages, compensatory damages up to twice the wages owed, court costs, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief; extends statute of limitations to two years from violation discovery and prohibits retaliation against employees who discuss wages or oppose unlawful pay practices.