SB 1654

As introduced: - Creates new work performance standards requirements for warehouse distribution center employers with 50 or more employees at a single location or 1,000 or more employees across multiple locations in Missouri. - Requires employers to provide written descriptions of work performance standards to employees and prohibits certain standards, including those that interfere with bathroom use, measure output in increments shorter than a workday, prevent required rest breaks, or are based primarily on automated electronic monitoring. - Requires employers to give employees notice of any changes to quotas. - Prohibits termination based on performance standards without 14 days' advance written notice and at least 30 days between first warning and termination, and requires employers to pay severance calculated at two weeks plus one day per two months of employment. - Requires employers to maintain work performance records for three years and provide copies to employees within five days upon request, including personal and aggregated work speed data. - Mandates quarterly disclosure to the Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations of artificial intelligence-related job impacts, including layoffs, hirings, and unfilled positions substantially due to AI automation. - Establishes private right of action with statutory damages of $5,000 to $7,500 per violation plus economic damages and attorney's fees, and authorizes civil penalties of $1,000 to $3,000 per violation.