Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 105

Public Officers and Employees--Miscellaneous Provisions

←105.466

Section 105.467.1

105.470→

August 28, 2015

Discharge and discrimination prohibited, reasons--reinstatement.

105.467. 1. A governmental body, state agency or appointing authority

shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against a person or

state employee acting on behalf of a person regarding compensation, terms,

conditions, location, or privileges of employment because:



(1) The person or state employee acting on behalf of the person reports

or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected

violation of sections 105.450 to 105.498; or



(2) A person or state employee acting on behalf of the person is

requested by the commission to participate in an investigation, hearing, or

inquiry held by the commission or any related court action. This subsection

shall not apply to a person or state employee acting on behalf of a person

who knowingly or recklessly makes a false report.



2. A person or state employee acting on behalf of a person who alleges a

violation of subsection 1 of this section may bring a civil action for

appropriate injunctive relief, or actual damages, or both.



3. A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought pursuant to

this section, shall order, as the court considers appropriate, reinstatement

of the person or state employee acting on behalf of the person, the payment

of back wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights,

actual damages, or any combination of these remedies. A court may also award

such person all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable

attorney's fees and witness fees, if the court determines that the award is

appropriate.



(L. 1991 S.B. 262)







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