Kansas

Equal Employment Opportunity—Effective July 1, 2015, employers can adopt an employment policy that gives hiring preference to veterans who meet job requirements.

Military Leave—Effective July 1, 2015, employees in Kansas are covered by the military leave provisions if they are members of any state’s military force and are called or ordered to active duty by any state.

Missouri

Unemployment Insurance—Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the taxable wage base is $13,000, tax rates for experienced employers that have not implemented a shared-work plan range from zero to 9.75 percent and new employer tax rates range from 1.3 percent to 4.362 percent.