Missouri § 290.520 - Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential.

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§ 290.520. Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential.

Every employer subject to any provision of sections 290.500 to 290.530 or any regulation issued under sections 290.500 to 290.530 shall make and keep for a period of not less than three years on or about the premises wherein any employee is employed or at some other premises which is suitable to the employer, a record of the name, address and occupation of each of his employees, the rate of pay, the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by the employee and any goods or services provided by the employer to the employee as provided in section 290.512.  The records shall be open for inspection by the director by appointment.  Where the records required under this section are kept outside the state, the records shall be made available to the director upon demand.  Every such employer shall furnish to the director on demand a sworn statement of time records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director.  All the records and information obtained by the department of labor and industrial relations are confidential and shall be disclosed only on order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

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(L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 9, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)

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Section 290.520 ("Employer to keep records — director may inspect, records to be confidential.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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